Your Feelings Are Valid Novels & Stories

He never did. Taking a shaky breath, I whispered, "I'm upset that Cast is moving on, and I'm even more upset that I'm upset about it. I shouldn't feel like this." With a quiet sigh, he kissed my forehead. His lips lingered there. "Stop beating yourself up," he murmured. "You're in an impossible position. Every emotion you're feeling right now is valid. All of them. You're the glue that holds all of us together. When one of us shifts, even just a little, it will feel like something is missing for a while. That's okay."

I was very devastated. I feel like this is something I would never want anyone to experience. It feels so awful. It feels like I have been punched several times. The feeling wherein you want to defend yourself so bad but people around you already made up their minds. They already believed what they feel is true.

I also, if I am being completely honest, did not want him to know that I was less certain about my position than I had appeared when we talked. Here is the thing about feelings versus rules. I believe feelings matter. I believe them completely. I have always been a person who trusted what she felt, who understood that the body and the heart knew things before the brain caught up, who could read a room by walking into it and sense the emotional temperature before anyone had said a word. Feelings were real and they were important and anyone who dismissed them did not understand how much of human life they organized. But I also knew, because I was not silly, that feelings could be wrong.

“My dad said something similar, too. He said, The problem is as big as it seems only in your head, talk it out, even to the wall of your room, and notice some weight drop down from your shoulders.” “So are you going to consider me a wall for today?” I joked lightly, trying to lighten the mood but also hinting at getting the words out of her. Maybe she trusts me, or maybe she doesn’t. I will just have to wait and see. “I don't want to bore you with my silly problems. They just sound so childish and irrelevant now that I am actually thinking about them.” She scoffed to herself, clearly judging herself inwardly. “What you feel is never irrelevant. The minute you start invalidating your feelings

“And I want you all to notice something… every single one of you spoke about loss, fear, or anger, but you’re still here, together.” A small smile curved on her lips. “That matters.” She regarded Nathaniel. “Anger at yourself usually means you care deeply. But holding onto it forever doesn’t protect the person you love. It only punishes you.” She looked at Serena. “And what I hear from you is grief for what was taken, but also gratitude for what you have now.” Then she addressed the whole circle again. “None of these feelings are wrong. They are human. But feelings are meant to move, not stay frozen, nor should they hold you back.”

I hate him’ ‘Ok, maybe hate is a strong word there tiger! ‘I know, I know! I’m just…I don’t know how to feel man’ ‘Who said you need to figure out how you’re supposed to feel? In life we all have feelings, yes we can control them, but for balance’s sake, one is expected to feel something’ ‘Yeah! But I don’t feel anything. Ok, when I do think about it, it pisses me off, but still I feel I am supposed to feel something, something meaningful’ ‘Who said feelings have to be meaningful? Ok, understand this, yes I feel you were supposed to feel something, probably anger, hatred, resentment, but you reason, you understand with reason, you look deeper into things’

Theodore affirmed. "Fear or force can never bring out genuine feelings." "Why are you so worried about what other people will think of you, baby? Who are they to you? Are they your family or friends? They aren’t even from your pack. Why would you be needing their acceptance? This is just a formality, nothing else. I don't care what others think of me or you. We know what we mean to each other. That's more than enough!" Theodore clarified. "Okay, okay." I admitted, defeat.

“Hey, I don’t see anything wrong with what you are feeling. In fact, I think it’s perfectly natural. I would banish all the girls I’ve been with if it helped you in any way, but it would be incredibly unfair towards them.” “No, I agree. This is what’s frustrating me. I have all these damn feelings driving me insane, and I feel like there is nothing I can do about it. I feel silly and ridiculous for feeling this way, but I can’t seem to stop it.” I really appreciated that he acknowledged by feelings. It made me feel a lot better than he didn’t call me ridiculous. “Okay, do you want to hear about the girls? Maybe if you knew who they were and what they meant to me, you would be able to deal wi

I took her hands in mine and looked down at it. "No argument is going to push them away far enough, no fight is going to cause them to lose feelings, and no disagreement is going to make them drift away from you," I say each word staring into her eyes to relay the message to her. You are important! You are strong! You are loved! You deserve to be happy and the only one stopping that from happening is yourself!

Daphne said sympathetically. “Don’t say something so mean. I think their feelings should be valued even if I cannot reciprocate their feelings,” I replied before smiling angelically. “I don’t know about that. Isn’t it disgusting to be liked by a guy that you don’t even like?” Daphne asked before making a disgusted face. She might have a point… “I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it is disgusting but it can feel a little uncomfortable,” I replied while trying to sound compassionate and reasonable at the same time.