What are you feeling right now? Answering this question can be difficult for some people when they are not in touch with their feelings. It is not always that easy for them to decipher the exact emotions they are currently experiencing. Part of the cause for this has to do with how our parents taught us about emotions and feelings.
For instance, you grew up in a home where you were taught to suppress and hide feelings considered “bad,” like anger. As you get older, you tend to stick with what you have been taught. There are times when you might get angry at a coworker. Rather than dealing with the emotion you push it aside.
Anytime you get upset, you continue to push anger down inside. Eventually, you can build up so much suppressed anger you can no longer take it and just explode. The person that triggers the explosion may not actually be the one that should receive it. They just happen to be present when you finally reached your anger capacity.
