Maybe you start the day feeling pretty decent.
Then you spill the coffee all over the counter when you’re trying to fill your mug, and you feel adrenaline coursing through your body along with the heat of frustration and anger. Your hand balls into a fist, and you resist the urge to throw the mug - this time. Damn it! Why do these things always happen to me?!
At work, your usually-friendly coworker has a frown on her face and doesn’t smile back at you when you greet her in the hall. A wave of anxiety washes over you. Is she mad at me? You file back through your memory of your last several interactions, wondering if you said something wrong. You try to tell yourself that maybe she’s just in a bad mood, but the sense of unease sticks with you all morning.
You and your partner were planning to stay up and watch a movie tonight, but they are exhausted and fall asleep during the first five minutes. You feel crushing devastation rise in your chest, and it’s hard (or impossible) to hold back the tears. You feel so alone. Why am I making such a big deal out of this? It’s just one night, this shouldn’t matter so much. But no matter how much you tell yourself to just chill out, it still feels like a big deal.
When you’re someone who experiences intense emotions, managing them can feel like a full-time job.
You take things to heart that other people just seem to shake off, and it can be as confusing and isolating as it is exhausting. In the presence of others, you may have emotional outbursts that you’re ashamed of later, or you may avoid close relationships to try and protect others from the intensity of your feelings. It always seems like your emotions are controlling your life.
The solution is not to feel less, but to transform your experience of your emotions by relating to them differently. Therapy with me is a great place to do just that.
I get big feelings, and I’m not afraid of them.
This is your opportunity to learn how your intense feelings can add to the vibrance and colorful beauty of your life -
without taking you over and running the show.
Then you spill the coffee all over the counter when you’re trying to fill your mug, and you feel adrenaline coursing through your body along with the heat of frustration and anger. Your hand balls into a fist, and you resist the urge to throw the mug - this time. Damn it! Why do these things always happen to me?!
At work, your usually-friendly coworker has a frown on her face and doesn’t smile back at you when you greet her in the hall. A wave of anxiety washes over you. Is she mad at me? You file back through your memory of your last several interactions, wondering if you said something wrong. You try to tell yourself that maybe she’s just in a bad mood, but the sense of unease sticks with you all morning.
You and your partner were planning to stay up and watch a movie tonight, but they are exhausted and fall asleep during the first five minutes. You feel crushing devastation rise in your chest, and it’s hard (or impossible) to hold back the tears. You feel so alone. Why am I making such a big deal out of this? It’s just one night, this shouldn’t matter so much. But no matter how much you tell yourself to just chill out, it still feels like a big deal.
When you’re someone who experiences intense emotions, managing them can feel like a full-time job.
You take things to heart that other people just seem to shake off, and it can be as confusing and isolating as it is exhausting. In the presence of others, you may have emotional outbursts that you’re ashamed of later, or you may avoid close relationships to try and protect others from the intensity of your feelings. It always seems like your emotions are controlling your life.
The solution is not to feel less, but to transform your experience of your emotions by relating to them differently. Therapy with me is a great place to do just that.
I get big feelings, and I’m not afraid of them.
This is your opportunity to learn how your intense feelings can add to the vibrance and colorful beauty of your life -
without taking you over and running the show.