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Feeling Loveless on Valentines’ Day? Rewiring The Brain
One result of anxiety and stress is often a feeling of isolation, being totally alone. Nothing may have changed recently in our lives or relationships except us, this is an internal state. The result is that it’s hard to connect one-on-one socially and to feel connected in groups.
In the pandemic, many people have told me that’s how they feel — left out, not good enough, and basically unloved.
As stress accumulates, we can find ourselves turning inward. We get absorbed by our own pain or don’t want to bear the weight of pretending we feel different than sad and deeply fatigued.
So, holidays, especially ones like Valentine’s Day, can easily highlight and add to this sense of feeling left-out or inadequate. Feeling love toward others isn’t as easy as it seems to be for everyone else.
Important Facts:
- If you have had these types of emotions, you are not alone. Here in our global pandemic, with many losses, concerns about health, safety, and finances, you are in good company. We are all connected by these feelings.
- There are actions we can take to shift energy and make us feel more loving and loved. Of course, these don’t change the realities of the world we are in, but they can change our ability to deal with them without…
