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A Reminder on Expressing Your Feelings. Do it

Jeffrey Rousseau
6 min readJun 21, 2019

Hey there, I won’t even trying to presume to know what you maybe going through at this exact moment. But as you read this, I’m going to assume you want to express your feelings on a number of things.

I’ve noticed something very odd that reinforces itself in life as time passes. We’re almost shamed or rather expected to not share our feelings/emotions. Then we’re treated like heroes/heroines when we express how we feel unapologetically? Well which is it society?

Now, I write this as someone whom generally defaults to a highly positive outlook on life and blah blah. However on social media and the like, to passers by it would seem like I’m very cynical. I assure I am both but that isn’t all of who I am.

The main reason I’m writing this is because I want to remind you — you’re human.

This is to counter all these posts and sentiments of “good vibes only” you see day in and day out. The reality is maybe you or someone close to you is having a day/week/month/etc. Perhaps you don’t have any means of venting or sharing?

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Yes, well just go ahead and vent. However you can and want. At no point should you feel…

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Jeffrey Rousseau
Jeffrey Rousseau

Written by Jeffrey Rousseau

Award winning journalist, committed to amplifying marginalized voices, and elevating the accuracy and quality of reporting.

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