Be Human, Express Yourself
If your feeling hurt, express it. If your angry, express it. If there is nothing I can't EXPRESS enough, is that no matter the outcome or "consequence", you should express yourself. I personally feel that you should be honest about something rather than hide it and make people feel like your unrelatable. Have you ever picked up a book, read a character's bio or story and feel they were relatable? It's the same thing for real people! If your feeling something, say something. To anyone. If someone is unwilling to listen and help you, then these are the types of people you should stay away from. True friends and family will listen no matter what.
One reason I say this is because as a child I never once saw my parents express their frustrations or cry in front of me. Maybe to protect me, but I never felt a true relatable connection to them because of this. I also learned to hide my pain away from them, as I would always hide in my room or bathroom, rather than talking out my frustrations with them. If my parent's had been more expressive with me, I would have done the same. We would have been more connected. I would have seen the human sides of them, and it would make me feel okay with expressing myself. I would have felt more human. I would have felt like I could run to them when I needed true guidance, rather than half-assing my true intentions, hoping they might understand... Or maybe not saying anything at all, because it may even hurt them.
As I grew older, and I was in my moody-teenage years... I would hear my mom cry, or I would see it. It was a eye opener. My mom was human at last! I could relate to her. She wasn't perfect and neither was I. There was no expectation of perfection either! It made everything feel more realistic. It made for an easier way to express my frustrations to her, and her's to me. It felt mutually supportive. It was wondrous.
My dad, on the other hand, never called or communicated. He wouldn't express his frustrations or cry. It was hard to relate to him. He never really spoke of his childhood or anything. I felt like I was missing out on a great human connection with my dad, and he kept me from having it with me. Even as a kid, he never really tried to be human in front of me. He could only assume why people were the way they were. It got to the point that talking to him was a chore. And it was a chore I didn't want to continue.
This is why being human and allowing your human traits, such as emotion, to show through. It shows people you are human, and emotion is part of the human experience. It shows the human in you.
