The situation of not being able to express how you feel program day 5
📅 Day 5: Bypassing the Voice (Non-Verbal Communication)
We are on Day 5, and today we are throwing out the rulebook that says expression has to happen through talking.
When you are in a state of emotional freeze, forcing yourself to speak can feel like trying to run a marathon with a broken leg. So, why force it? If your mouth cannot say the words, let something else do the talking for you.
Expression can look like:
• Writing a text or an email instead of talking face-to-face.
• Creating a playlist of songs that match your exact mood and sending it to a friend saying, "This is how I feel right now."
• Drawing, scribbling, or painting the chaotic energy inside you onto a piece of paper.
• Showing someone an article, a meme, or a quote and saying, "This is exactly what is happening in my head."
🔍 Deep Dive Explanation
Communication is simply moving an internal feeling outside of your body so it no longer crushes you. The medium you use doesn't matter. In fact, writing down your feelings utilizes a different neural pathway than speaking, making it significantly easier for people with alexithymia to express themselves without getting overwhelmed by eye contact or immediate reactions.
❓ Reflection Questions for the Comments
• What is your favorite alternative way to express yourself? (Writing, music, art, crying, etc.)
• If your mood today was a song title or a weather forecast, what would it be?
Thank you a lot for reading. For whoever missed day 4:
We are at day 5. Two more days to go and the program comes to an end. But dont worry it won't be the last program I make✨️💚🤗
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@persistentWatermelon428
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@cheerfulKiwi1776
The censored is : Hey!
It censored it but I dont know whyyy
@cheerfulKiwi1776
- writing. Poetry, mostly, but sometimes just chunks of paragraphs using imagery to try and explain the mess that this 🧠 is
- its just finished raining and the suns coming out. I dont know how soon the next storm will be, just that it'll come, eventually, but for now we're basking in sunlight like lizards. Thats my mood xD
@unassumingEyes
Hehe the mood thing is totally fine and understandable. Writing is amazing. Thanks for commenting and thanks for supporting this programm
@cheerfulKiwi1776
What is your favorite alternative way to express yourself? (Writing, music, art, crying, etc.)
for me it writing and painting can put emotions in them even when can not word them other ways
• If your mood today was a song title or a weather forecast, what would it be?
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@HopeWithinDarkness
I write too! I dont paint because I m terrible at it but I m glad you do. Its ana amazing way to express yourself.
@cheerfulKiwi1776
thanks way i paint anyone can do it more about design then other things i not great at painting but found each color has a meaning like red for anger and blue more like moody so after i paint i look at what colors used as that in the end tell the story of how feeling too
@HopeWithinDarkness
Thats an amazing way of looking at colors. I never really thought of it. Thanks. I just unlocked a new way of looking at things thanks to you✨️💚🫂
@cheerfulKiwi1776
you might like to read this
https://artfulhaven.com/painting-with-feeling-decoding-the-emotional-language-of-color-in-art/
it on
Painting With Feeling: Decoding the Emotional Language of color in Art
explains about the emotional meaning of common colors we use in art might give you better understanding of that too
@HopeWithinDarkness
I ll tell you that I absolutely loved the read. I absolutely adored it and thanks for providing this. I also loved the sun flowers facts. They are all so amazing. Thanks for providing thisss
@cheerfulKiwi1776
your very welcome it is as you said amazing when was given to us that colors have connection to our feelings i started to see that within my painting some one could see what i was feeling even if i could not put the feeling into words a smart therapist started using art therapy' with me it really helped as she read within the painting what i was really feeling then help me to see that
@HopeWithinDarkness
That's such an amazing thing the therapist did! I guess this helped you a lot. Many therapists should take up on that. Its amazing.✨️💚
@cheerfulKiwi1776
agree wish more used this as it helpful
Maybe a little stormy would be my mood today. I enjoy journaling.