Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen
Week 10: Chapter 9 — When Emotions Lie
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After chapters affirming the value of emotions, this one does something important: it holds the tension — emotions are real and informative, but they are not always telling the truth.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Jennie has spent much of the book defending the value of emotions — so why is this chapter important? What would be incomplete or even dangerous about a view of emotions that never acknowledged their capacity to mislead us?
2.She discusses how certain emotions, particularly fear and shame, can feel absolutely certain but be rooted in lies — false beliefs about ourselves, God, or the world. Can you identify a lie an emotion has told you that felt completely true at the time?
3.Jennie talks about the way trauma, past wounds, and early experiences can "hardwire" emotional responses that are no longer accurate to present reality — we feel small in situations where we are actually safe, or dangerous in relationships that are actually trustworthy. Have you experienced this kind of emotional déjà vu from the past?
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