Activity Read through your journal writings. What emotions were squeaking or pouring out as you wrote? Let’s play a “what if” game. What if you could be feeling anything you wanted right now, and feeling that way wouldn’t make you a bad person. What would you be feeling? Write about it. Find someone who is safe, a good listener, accepting, and nonrescuing, and begin honestly and openly discussing your feelings with that person. Listen to that person’s feelings without judgment or caretaking gestures. This is nice, isn’t it? If you don’t know anybody you feel safe doing that with, join a
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