Ok, I didn’t complete as scheduled, but I have completed today!!
One thought that occurred to me while writing in my journal on this is when I was a young child (1960’s) feelings were not to be expressed. Children were “to be seen not heard” and if you expressed any feelings you were hushed immediately and told that your feelings were nonsense and to just smile. So at an early age you begin to think that your feelings aren’t important and end up not knowing how to deal with them.
Just my 2 cents worth and I am done with my “Dr. Phil” observations.