christine

having a good metaphor for your emotions can be very helpful for processing! here are my favorites (thread)

Your emotions are a tunnel. You need to walk through the tunnel. If you sit down in the tunnel, you will stay there forever. You can't turbo charge your way through tunnel, or slice it in half exactly where you stand. There is an end to the tunnel, but you have to get there.

Your emotions are the ocean. Sometimes a wave will hit you and you find that you're swimming in the ocean. If you stop treading, you will drown in your emotions. Try to keep your head above water so you can see where you want to go.

Recently, my emotions feel like weather. They come and go, and have predictable patterns. I can even forecast a bit based on internal wind patterns. Sometimes it's rainy and sometimes it's sunny, it's just my internal weather for at this moment given the circumstances.

that's all I got! first one I used when I was mugged & needed to overcome my fear and paranoia, second one I used during hard crush phase to keep a clear head, and third one I use now to stabilize daily ups and downs. If people have more plz share!