I still, as a black man in America, have issues with expressing my more ‘negative’ feelings healthily. I have come far in my young years in being able to express love.
I still can come up higher (and higher than that still) in dealing with when I DON’T appreciate something someone said or did to me.
I’m likely going to need to have a very thorough self-examination, to determine these conflicting belief systems that cause confusion within me (for example, reconciling between when it’s valid to express that I’m feeling angry at the moment and that being ok, even if the responder doesn’t like it).
I have bottled things up for years without even thinking about it that isn’t necessary for me to hold on to. I would like to express again that this, i will simply not do anymore but that one will take more…‘fine’ time. That part of my psychology is more subtle and will require more precise awareness than the simple general, nonattached but aware awareness that I generally hold towards myself.