Bottling up emotions/feelings

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did you ever bottle problems up and not let your issues out?

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I used to smoosh them way down my tummy with alcohol and marijuana until it creates an explosion and I break down …

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I do to a certain extent unless I can’t handle the problem I’m having

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I uset to bottle up my fear/anixtey a lot, now since 2010 I solved it, I am free

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This is why I need talk therapy to open up about my emotions IF I get it, last time I had therapy it was mostly about food but Im all good in that department now

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I bottled up from the age of 14 to 20

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Yes. I bottle up my emotions and put them in my tummy. So I walk around with an upset tummy a lot of the time. I also eat my emotions. When I’m upset I run to food for emotional support. I don’t have a therapy pet, I have a therapy burrito. lol

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I found it easy not to talk about stuff, if i don’t have to. When I want to explode i talk it over with myself and find that nobody deserves it. I like to reason about it and understand it. A lot of times it just stress, so i don’t change people or get mad very much.

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I used to stuff my emotions down except for when I could eat them. That was never very productive so I try to deal with them as they come now in ways that don’t involve food.

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sometimes I think I’ve gotten around something that had been bothering me but really it was me repressing. then it hits me like a ton of bricks a while later. I find it difficult to find a balance between facing emotional problems and just wallowing in negativity

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I bottle my emotions a lot. I don’t talk about my problems unless I’m with my friends. I don’t even talk about it with my family unless asked.

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I have some difficulty with emotions yeah. I guess I deny them a lot or they go unexpressed.

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my son of 13 is claiming up imo

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All…the…time…

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Me too @FatMama

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All the time! Nobody is buying them on eBay, though. Maybe I’m charging too much.

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i think its normal for kids @san_pedro as they try independence and get distrustful. they want their friends lives. don’t hang on too tight. just understand and guide, and don’t argue or he’ll push you away. he wants to become his own man like you. you probably did it. if he sees you not so uptight it could be better.

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My 13 year old son is doing the same thing. It’s normal for their age to some extent, but if they seem to be struggling under the surface or things are going down hill for them in areas of their life, then something more is going on with them that probably needs to be addressed asap. My 13 year old doesn’t want to talk about his Dad who committed suicide over a year ago and he claims his death doesn’t bother him. It worries me, but I have him in therapy and try to talk to him regularly and be supportive the best I can even if he doesn’t want to talk about things much. It’s never good to let them isolate. I know that from my own experience.

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