psych talk with poonam

  These Emotional Waves I’m Riding This Week This week has felt like a storm inside my heart. Not the kind of storm you see in movies with thunder and lightning— but the quiet one, the one that only you can feel. The one that shows up at midnight when the world is sleeping, and you are wide awake, asking yourself why does it hurt this much? I’ve been going through so many emotions lately— grief, confusion, anger, and that deep ache of wanting someone to understand me. Some days, I wake up and smile at the sunlight because it feels like hope. Other days, I stare at the ceiling and wonder how to carry the weight in my chest. It’s strange how life moves on like nothing happened— but inside, your heart is still catching up with everything you’ve lost, everything you’ve felt, everything you didn’t say. This week taught me something though: 💛 It’s okay to feel deeply. 💛 It’s okay to not have all the answers. 💛 It’s okay to cry for people you love and miss. I realized ...

Have you ever found yourself scrolling endlessly on Instagram 📱, binge-watching a series late into the night 🌙, or keeping yourself too busy — just so you don’t have to think about how you actually feel? If yes... then maybe you’ve tasted emotional escapism — that quiet habit of running away from your own feelings. In today’s fast-moving world, it’s become so easy to avoid emotions that make us uncomfortable. We often label sadness, fear, or anger as bad feelings — and then try to silence them with distractions. But the truth is: emotions don’t disappear. They just wait… until one day, they overflow. 🌊 Why Do We Escape Our Emotions? 🤔 We’ve grown up in a world where expressing emotions is often seen as “being weak.” From childhood, many of us are told things like: “Be strong.” “Stop crying.” “Move on.” And even though those words may come from love, they quietly teach us to hide instead of heal . 💬💔 So we start escaping because: We're scared to feel too deep...