The Wrong Mirror

Feelings are important.

They help us identify aspects about ourselves at any given time, relating to any given situation.

However, one thing many people do not know is that when you attempt to transition from a bad situation to better, emotions are a bit laggy.

In homeostasis of mind, body, or soul, for example, there is a bit of squeeze – resistance to change or what’s called “snap back.”

It is not that these aspects of the self are trying to sabotage – although their antics can have that effect by giving us cross-signals that make us doubt ourselves, rather than clear, “Hey, yeah, let’s do this, you’ve got this!” signals.

In other words, leaving a bad situation and entering into a better one can have a bumpy, non-smooth transition which can give a person tons of self doubt, confusion, and anxiety as to their internal orientation and relation to the world.

It makes a kind of sense, though, that what one had come to “recognize” as “normal” was what “the norm” was to our system.

We are creatures of comfort – and let’s face it – sedentary, if we can get away with it.

Our beings naturally resist change for their own sense of self preservation.