Emotion Community

Why is honesty associated with being mean?

There’s a difference between expressing truthfully, and expressing falsely. Even if we’re angry, expressing this emotion without taking it out on others is honest, actually. Taking it out on other is in fact dishonest.

A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

Some days are heavier than others. There are moments when you try your best to stay calm, patient, and understanding, yet somehow you still end up being misunderstood. What hurts sometimes is realizing that people can react immediately out of anger or frustration without first trying to understand... read more

Quiet rage

I have a hard time expressing my anger because it was never safe for me to do so. It’s the emotion I have the least experience with managing openly. Lots of things made me angry when I was young. I hated the way a person would be dismissed for stupid things - the tone of their voice, the... read more

My Collective Thoughts

One can never truly understand someone’s pain, especially when it’s rooted since childhood. Carrying the trauma of being physically and violently abused, and growing up in an environment without love and affection, where you had to suppress everything because you weren’t allowed to show weakness... read more

A Soft Release

A rose hitting water feels like a quiet letting go—something gentle meeting a sudden moment, where calm and emotion exist together. It’s not chaos, just a small, honest release.

New Poem? this one is so heavy on my heart fr so I hope u like it :)

“Girl Raised on Betrayal” "Tell me honestly— is love truly beautiful, or is it merely a myth invented by poets too lonely to survive reality? Because betrayal found me before I even understood what betrayal meant. It lived in my house like a second religion. I learned its language through... read more