Does change cause anxiety?

The difficulty, challenges and conflict that come along with these life changes can contribute to depression and anxiety. Keep in mind that a major change for one person can affect the whole whānau.

Can feelings change quick?

Unstable emotions mean that your moods can be extreme and change very quickly. Some examples of unstable emotions are: Extreme depression, anxiety or irritability that might last for only a few hours or days, usually in response to a stressful event.

Why do people have different feelings?

They are a reflection of your thoughts, experiences, and perceptions, which is why two people can have the same experience, but feel differently. It’s also important to note that validation – saying that someone’s feelings are acceptable or worthwhile – isn’t the same as agreeing with their feelings.

What does it mean to not understand what the other person feels?

The phrase suggests that you don’t truly understand what the other person feels at all. (Really, how could you?) It suggests that you feel the need to turn the conversation toward your experience, not his or hers, and that ultimately you don’t really care about that person’s concerns after all.

What happens when you feel ‘too much’ in life?

For someone who is emotionally intense, however, the pain that comes with a pervasive sense of being ‘too much’ is not to be taken lightly – a person can be made to feel ‘wrong’ for the most part of his or her life, and internalising this sense of shame can lead to depression, low self-esteem, inability to self-regulate, and inner emptiness.

Do we all feel differently when our loved ones are invalidated?

We can certainly feel differently, but make the effort to try to understand and empathize with our loved one’s feelings. Sometimes emotional invalidation is done accidentally by someone who is well-meaning but has a low emotional intelligence or simply isn’t paying attention to your feelings.