FEEL THE FEELZ

A lived experienced personal blog to encourage communities of color to feel all of the feelings regardless of how uncomfortable they may be.

Category: Lived Experience

  • I Don’t Want to Feel

    BBz

    “I don’t want to feel” is a statement that my sister said to me when I implored her to cry the sadness she felt after we received very sad news about my father. When I research this statement online, I find reddit posts with this headline followed by deep difficult emotions people are going through.… Read more

  • What is dissociation?

    BBz

    As described by the American Psychiatric Association, dissociation is a disconnect between your thoughts, memories, feelings and a sense of who you are. You most likely experience it when you are daydreaming, or “getting lost” in a book or movie. When referring to trauma, we may dissociate to help us get away from the emotional… Read more

  • Why is it important to feel your feelings?

    BBz

    I get it, there is a lot of stigma on feelings. Conversations about love, and “cheesy” expressions of love still make me cringe and yet I’m out here advocating for people to feel their feelings. Feelings often have a connotation of “weakness” or being “irrational,” for those who express them they may be seen as… Read more

  • Less Intellectualizing, More Feeling

    BBz

    We are currently experiencing a rise in talk therapy engagement due to pop culture, this has been due to a pandemic, technology, and the privatization of services (also known as lack of access to care from insurance coverage but that’s a conversation for later). We can now easily find podcasts from therapists’ and client’s perspectives,… Read more