#feeling

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand) ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#feelings #lies #dreams

As adults, we hvae many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who is afraid to cry is afraid of pleasure. This is because the person who is afraid to cry holds himself together rigidly so that he won't cry; that is, the rigid person is as afraid of pleasure as he is afraid to cry. In a situation of pleasure he will become anxious. As his tensions relax he will begin to tremble and shake, and he will attempt to control this trembling so as not to break down in tears. His anxiety is nothing more than the conflict between his desire to let go and his fear of letting go. This conflict will arise whenever the pleasure is strong enough to threaten his rigidity. Since rigidity develops as a means to block out painful sensations, the release of rigidity or the restoration of the natural motility of the body will bring these painful sensations to the fore. Somewhere in his unconscious the neurotic individual is aware that pleasure can evoke the repressed ghosts of the past. It could be that such a situation is responsible for the adage "No pleasure without pain. ↗

— Alexander Lowen

#crying #emotions #feelings #letting-go #psychoanalysis

Insecurities have the ability to shape and mold our minds to live with everything that’s bad; like crying on the inside, while smiling on the outside…thus creating pain…but, alas, I have the answer; forget about what you thought and enjoy (embrace) what you feel ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#emotion #feeling #happiness #insecurity #pain

I encased my heart in stone so as to stop it from beating ↗

— Sonya Watson

#sadness-feeling-ache #heartache

Do not fear the curse that an enemy has uttered, it is harmless.. but the sigh concealed in a loved one's broken heart may add to your sins. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#enemy #feelings #friendship #friendships #heart

It sucked when you cared about someone and they didn't return your feelings.. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#love

I suppose all this sounds very crazy — all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken — only felt and endured. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#dreams

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#both #choice #democracy #feeling #give

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#courage #cowardice #feelings #love #measure

There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry. People aren't taking the time and spending the money to do it right. I am. ↗

— Michael Bay

#angry #audiences #badly #done #feeling