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Why is it so important to share your feelings?

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Last Updated: 12/29/2021 at 5:24pm
Why is it so important to share your feelings?
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Tracy-Kate Teleke, PsyD, M.A., LMFT

Marriage & Family Therapist

I assist adults and couples in CA experiencing relationship challenges and interpersonal struggles including anxiety, depression, and a myriad of other life challenges.

Top Rated Answers
simplisticmoon
July 12th, 2018 6:59am
It's important to share your feelings so that they don't get all balled up inside. By sharing, you avoid a major mental breakdown.
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2019 7:04pm
It is so very important to share your feelings because catharsis truly is the key to feeling a little lighter and unburdened sometimes! You do not always have to share your feelings with anyone and everyone. You may share your feelings with the person closest to you or maybe even a complete stranger (if you want purely a non-judgmental perspective) - whoever you are comfortable with! Just remember that whenever you unburdened yourself, you have to make sure to stay true to your feelings Represent them in the best way possible by expressing yourself wholly. I know that sometimes it can be hard to face these emotions and feelings, but once you’ve done it, trust me, you’ll be so happy with yourself and you will feel a lot more relieved. Whenever you are talking about your feelings, make sure to just let things flow. You can never really script something like this, if you want to reflect it accurately. So be strong, be true, and love your feelings. Cherish yourself!
Anonymous
May 14th, 2017 6:13pm
Because keeping all your feeling inside all by yourself can be hard. It almost always works to talk about your feelings to get them out.
Anonymous
January 12th, 2018 5:36pm
I think we've all experienced that feeling of having bottled things up, to the point where we may have allowed everything to just explode out of us, leaving so many people confused as to what was wrong with us. Because we didn't share our feelings. Something that could have easily been prevented by sharing our feelings in the first place. Sharing your feelings not only releases you from that pressure, but it also helps you feel supported and gives you a sense that you aren't alone. For all you know, the person you share it with may be feeling the exact same way as you :)
Anonymous
July 26th, 2016 9:06am
You must share your feelings to perhaps help give advice on how somebody can deal with a situation. It's also important to share your feelings so that evil indoctrination does not prevail.
BeyondEmpathy
April 15th, 2017 11:58am
Feelings & emotions are often the first sensations that something can be wrong or that an area of your life is going well / needs attention. Being mindful of your emotions and experiencing them in a safe space can help provide solutions to the issues that you are facing. Likewise prevent 'bottling things up' which can lead to feeling isolated or alone.
meganhw
April 14th, 2017 1:05pm
Sharing your feelings is important for your mental health because it allows you to give yourself a break. Keeping your thoughts and feelings to yourself can eventually cause damage and cause you to become stressed, anxious and upset. Sharing those feelings with someone you trust can take a weight off your shoulders and allow you to relax. That person may also be able to help you with whatever you are worried about - and as a bonus, being open and honest with your loved ones can help you to bond and become closer.
Anonymous
September 14th, 2016 6:06am
If feelings are shared someone else would understand you better. They would be able to understand you better and you will feel happier for having expressed your feelings.
birdwatcher444
April 12th, 2017 2:43am
Simply because when they get all bottled up, they tend to explode... and then you'll have to share, whether you like to or not! The thing is, sharing feelings keeps us connected, keeps us from getting all stuffed up with unwanted feelings, and gives us a clear mind. Best of luck!
JuliaIsParticipating
January 20th, 2018 8:32pm
Your mind goes through tons of thoughts without you even realizing. When you bottle up your feelings, it can be extremely easy for those thoughts to accumulate into something worse. But when you share your feelings, you can let go of those thoughts and understand your emotions more.
Anonymous
September 17th, 2016 5:41am
It's very important to share your feelings. Some times when we don't share how we feel, it builds up and eats away at us. A simple 10 minute chat can put that to an end!
Samar27
November 30th, 2018 12:38am
Bottling up your feelings isn't nice, and it's not a good way to live your life. Bottling up could make you feel worse, and fragile over time. It could also lead to the point where you don't talk when you need and have to, not only about your feelings, but also in important situations like a situation you are a witness in. Sharing your feelings provide you with such a relief and makes you feel better about yourself and the situation. Sharing your feelings is a good way to clear up your mind from all the thoughts and stuff that could be there. Sharing is a good way of meditation.
Mikzwax
September 23rd, 2016 11:01am
sometimes you cant handle all the burden on you own . you need to burst out you feel tired. so to get rid of this you need to share your feelings
Anonymous
October 8th, 2016 10:52pm
Because they build up and up and up until you burst and cant cope anymore. This will effect people around you. People care about you and want to help but they cant if you cant tell them how your feeling.
Anonymous
August 12th, 2018 5:34pm
It is important to open up because you're are realising stress off you and you won't have to go through depression or aniexty if you open up . From a personal experience , I hated opening up because I thought that was the answer to everything . My mental health issues were just getting worse . so please , open up to any one who you are very close to .
Anonymous
February 5th, 2017 8:50am
It is so important to share your feelings in order to express how you feel and to let others know how you feel.
Advocate10
June 3rd, 2021 7:03pm
If you just try to keep evey feeling hidden, then after some time you may feel overwhelmed. Keeping evey single feeling hidden, may even lead to depression. If you share your sadness with others, you feel less lonely and more understood. And if you share your happiness with others, then they would feel happy, too! And making others happy can make yourself even happier.. But the important point is the fact that you should not share your feelings with whoever possible! Maybe someone can not bear listening to sad things. Or maybe someone does not like to see you happy! Just find someone who really cares about your feelings. If you can't find such a friend, 7 cups is here for you! Therapists and listeners are all here to listen to you! You are totally important to all of us!! Love you:)
SagaciousWizard
October 26th, 2016 9:36pm
When people around you try to understand how you feel when you tell them, it helps them understand how to react around you and sometimes how to treat you at certain times. Sometimes it wouldn't make sense to make a joke and be extremely cheerful around someone who is grieving the loss of someone they love but if they express that then the people around them will understand how they need to react around them. This is necessary for many situations so it is always important to share your feelings because communications is the key to relationships.
AstralScion26
January 14th, 2018 3:31am
Bottling such things up can do so much damage to you compared to letting them out and them causing whatever damage you think they may, it’s a pain you wouldn’t want to wish on anyone or your worst enemy in this world. Be open and honest
Anonymous
November 22nd, 2019 12:10pm
Have you ever tried to pour more liquid into any sort of container which was already full? What will happen? It will overflow right? And when that happens, you are eventually going to explode. At wrong time wrong place, maybe on wrong person. And if not, even if you manage to keep everything inside, then you are gonna hurt yourself. There will always be a heaviness on your heart. You won't feel light. You won't be able to move on and will be stuck up on it. That will be a mess for you and you don't want to clean up the mess afterwards, right?
Anonymous
September 6th, 2019 9:26am
Sharing your feelings is important for so many reasons. If you keep your feelings to yourself, you risk to burst at some point. If you share your feelings and let them out, first of all it can help you process them and handle them better, and secondly it helps the others around you to understand you, to know you better and to know what matters to you, what bothers you, what you like and dislike, how they can help you. By letting others know your feelings, you let them in and they're more able to help and to share their feelings in return. Don't be afraid of sharing your feelings (with the right persons)!
Anonymous
April 19th, 2020 7:29pm
When you bottle things up inside, it can lead to a big mess. See it as a cup. When you add more water to it, the fuller it gets. (See it as the cup represents you and the water represents your feelings and emotions.) when you let out a little bit of water at a time, as in sharing your emotions here and there (it doesn’t have to be all at once) the cup gets lighter. But if you keep all of it inside, the cup gets very heavy and hard to mange on your own. Eventually the cup will overflow— or you’ll reach your breaking point. That’s why it’s important to share your feelings, because if you have so much going on and you keep it all to yourself, it becomes harder to manage on your own. That’s also why us Listeners are here, you can tell us what you’re feeling and lift off some of that weight. Talking about feelings and emotions is a lot healthier than some people think.
KaylaSpring
April 15th, 2020 6:57pm
It's important to share your feelings on certain topics because you need to be able to express your mind and point of view. You need to be able to show where you are at. Being quiet about a topic doesn't help, the only thing it "helps" is grow sadness inside of you, and that isn't a good thing. Sometimes it'll grow so much you want to take your own life, trust me, I know. Ask someone for help for whatever you're going through, please. I don't want anyone to go through that pain, that suffering. It sucks and affects your mood throughout the whole day. Talk to someone, I promise you it helps.
colorfulMoon15
April 3rd, 2020 8:59pm
When feelings are stuck inside they can lead to physical pain, but if you do get it all out you will definately feel better. Keeping your feelings inside is also a way those feelings can grow into something bad, like hurting yourself or others, but when you share these feelings they will become less about physicaly hurting someone. Also when you get your feelings out you can also examine them, explain them and understand them. And understanding our feelings helps us cope with them and deal with them. When others know what you are going through it is more likely they will understand you better, so thats also why it is important to share our feelings. And you can also be an example for others or you will motivate them to do more about what they feel.
spiritualstrength2077
September 15th, 2019 3:57am
Feelings are important to share because when we have someone who listens, it can help us navigate the feelings better. Feelings alone aren't always reliable guides. It can help make them more reliable when you have someone to bounce them off. Even if that person doesn't fully understand them, sharing the feeling can help the sharer better understand the feeling and what to do with it. In my experience, I have felt better sharing the feeling behind something. It forces me to look beyond the events to reveal more of my actual self, the one that isn't really seen to anyone but me -- and I'm the one that needs the nurturing, adventure, guidance, etc.
Aleespli21
December 28th, 2019 7:51pm
Sharing your feelings helps you understand them better. By keeping them locked away and hidden, you won't discover how you truly feel and others won't be able to either. By having others understand how you are feeling it helps in communication and communication is key in everything. Especially in relationships whether it be a partner or a friend, being open and communicative is very important in order to understand signals and form a stronger bond. Overall, I believe it is good to share your feelings because it helps you to understand how you are feeling yourself and how others may be able to help.
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2019 10:27am
Sharing is caring in all forms. It applies to sharing feelings in some manner. It shows care for others or for us. Feelings are the effects of thoughts and we are constantly bathing in a sea of thoughts and feelings which range across the whole gamut of emotions..pleasant, loving, hatred , scary, delightful, proud, anxious, guilty and so many. By sharing positive feelings we give it more strength and it has a pleasant effect on all, which helps cement positive relationships. The negative feelings too need to be shared but with certain sense of responsibility and maturity so as not to harm anyone with those. As its rightly said, the feelings have first effect on ourselves before these effect others. Modern science has established relationship between feelings and diseases so its not surprising that a many diseases are listed under psychosomatic diseases. Its all the more important to share our feelings , lest they pile up and effect us is some not-so-good manner
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2020 5:30pm
If we bottle up our feelings and don’t share them with other people, they can intensify and grow worse. This is more noticeable with things such as anxiety, trauma, loneliness, and depression, although it does affect everything. We may think we are strong enough to fight it alone, but if we don’t let people know we’re struggling, they may treat us in ways that worsen our struggle. For example, if people around you are routinely doing something that makes you anxious, they will continue to do that and your anxiety will grow unless you tell them how they’re feeling, in which case they’ll likely stop. If you don’t share, they will continue and your anxiety would continue to grow. Similarly, if you’re feeling uncared about because you haven’t seen certain things from your friends, you could tell them you feel lonely and they could spend more time with you and take more steps to show care. If you kept this to yourself, the loneliness would grow worse as they repeat the “uncaring” actions. Talking about it can help you realize that whatever it is isn’t as awful as you think it is- for example, a trauma. If you keep a traumatic experience to yourself, you are at a higher risk for flashbacks. If you tell someone, they can help refocus you on the present and see that it can’t hurt you anymore.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2020 11:51pm
Sharing your feelings can help prevent you bottling up your emotions which can be very difficult for you and others. The phrase: "a problem shared is a problem halved" really is true, we listeners are here to help and sharing your feelings brings you forward one step on your path to recovery. Sharing your feelings and emotions can help improve your lifestyle and mood. It can boost your confidence levels also. When you share your feelings you can help yourself to develop a healthy mind and body. I hope this will help you understand the importance of sharing your feelings with those you trust.
Sunnybutterfly2653
April 23rd, 2020 5:56pm
For others to understand the perspective the situation is taken by that person. Allowing communication to build stronger relationships/bonds.