Sometimes I wonder about my feelings, whether I have a right to them. And sometimes people tell me I shouldn't feel the way I feel, and that makes me angry, but also makes me doubt myself more. If this isn't what I should be feeling, then how am I supposed to feel, and how can I possibly control that?
The psychologist in me tells me to stop invalidating my feelings - that whatever I feel is what I feel and that it's the right feeling for me. And so I keep telling that to myself, and to anyone else who dares admonish me for what I feel.