Invalidated feelings

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We all long to be seen, heard, and understood. But most of the time, I experience the opposite — invalidated.

Dr. Michaela | Clinical Psychologist | Author on Instagram: "Who needed to see this? ⬇️ 🎨@thebraincoach Most highly sensitive people have grown up having their feelings invalidated. “Too sensitive” “too much”, “Over reacting”. We’ve heard it allll before, am I right? In the workplace, in our families, amongst our friends, teachers, even within our own minds our ability to think and feel deeply is usually (consciously or subconsciously) weaponised, positioned as a flaw. A nuisance. We accep

How to cope with feeling invalidated regardless of whatever invalidation you have faced.

Don't dismiss, invalidate or minimize someone else's feelings or experiences just because you don't understand them. People's feelings are real and they mater, whether we understand them or not.

Since Brene Brown gave her famous talk, the pop culture difference between shame and guilt has become that the latter makes you feel bad for what you did. The former makes you feel bad for who you are.