Mental Health Care: When You’re Learning to Be Okay With Yourself - 6 Signs You’re Bottling Up Your Emotions

Do you feel emotional numbness? Are you feeling helpless about your situation right now or have trouble identifying how you feel? You could be bottling up your feelings and are dealing with suppressed emotions. This can be detrimental to your mental health. So, the first step is to recognize that you’re closing yourself off, and so, let's look into the signs to find out whether you may be bottling up your emotions. If you relate to this video and wonder what to do next, it's time to look into the root cause of emotional numbness. We've also made a video on why we may feel emotionally numb if you want to check that out: https://youtu.be/Adlk8E2UoUs #emotion #numbness #psych2go #bottledupemotions Writer: Arusha Patil Script Editor: Morgan Franz Script Manager: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animator: Andrew Allan YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong References The University of Texas at Austin. “Psychologists find the meaning of aggression: ‘Monty Python’ scene helps research.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 24 March 2011. www.insider.com/why-its-dangerous-to-bottle-up-your-emotions-2018-12