Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen
Week 3: Chapter 2 — Stuffed, Spewed, or Somewhere in Between
Read Chapter 2 of Untangle Your Emotions.
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Most of us have a default emotional pattern we return to under pressure — this chapter helps you name yours honestly and compassionately.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Jennie describes two common unhealthy patterns: stuffing emotions down (suppression) and spewing them out (explosion). Which pattern do you more naturally default to? Do different emotions bring out different patterns in you?
2.She is candid about her own tendency to stuff feelings and present a competent, together exterior. When you read that, did you recognize yourself — or someone you love? What does that pattern protect you from?
3.The chapter explores how our families of origin shape our emotional defaults. What was the emotional "climate" of your home growing up?
a.Were feelings named and discussed, or treated as inconvenient and dismissed?
b.How has that climate shaped the way you handle emotions as an adult?