My desire to get back to writing about emotions on a structural level has been building for a while now. I want to write about the mechanics of emotions, how they work, because that's how you, the reader, can learn to handle your own emotions. When I write about how I feel, it's mostly a "that's a great story" situation. If it's really well-written, it might impact you, but it doesn't give you anything to use in your own life, at least nothing significant.
But how do you write about something so abstract as the mechanics of emotions when the nation is in the midst of such intense upheaval? There's something very specific to write about! Donald Trump's presidency scares the H-E-C-K out of most of the people on the planet! And it should! There's a lot to write about on that topic.
But when I think more clearly, I remember that we are in this situation because of emotions. Half the country picked the bully to be on their team because they felt unsafe. That's crazy. And I mean that in the most literal way. It's psychotic. Removed from reality. Because of this, talking about the mechanics of emotions is no longer an abstract concept. It's something that a great many of us need to know about, right here and right now.
So that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to use this blog as a means of protest and action. I'll do my best to speak clearly and honestly about how emotions work, in the hope that it might help create an environment where people feel free to ask for help when they feel afraid, instead of enlisting the help of the school bully.
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