Taking care of taking care of ourselves emotionally.

What did it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm

feeling angry and I accept that feeling without shame or blame. I recognize when I'm feeling hurt

and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and

feel fear when that emotion presents itself. I allow myself to feel happiness,

joy, and love when those emotions are available. Taking care of myself means I've made a decision

that it's okay to feel. Taking care of my emotions means I allow myself to stay with a feeling

until it's time to release it and go on to the next one.

I recognize that sometimes my feelings can help point me toward reality, but sometimes my feelings are deceptive.

They are important, but I do not have to let them control me.

It can feel and think too, sometimes unless you're an emotional flashback.

I talk to people about my feelings when that's appropriate and safe i reach out for help or guidance if i get stuck in a particular

emotion i'm open to the lessons my emotions may be trying to teach me after i feel accept and

release the feeling i ask myself what is it I want or need to do to

take care of myself? Taking care of myself emotionally means I value treasure, explore, and cherish the

emotional part of myself. Today, I will take care of myself emotionally. I will be open to

and accepting of the emotional part of myself and other people.

I will strive for balance by combining emotions with reason, but I will not allow intellect to push

the emotional part of myself away.

So this reading made me think about how Tion Dayton really pushes that this adult child recovery

is all about developing emotional literacy.

And so in her, I have this book, one of hers, but she talks about in here like the four

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