We all have emotional blind spots. Often they have to do with the emotions that we were taught were inappropriate growing up. It takes years of practice and effort to get good at identifying blind spots in ourselves and then expressing the affected emotions appropriately. But this task is hugely important, and worth the effort.

يقوم الحب غير الصحي على وجود شخصين يحاولان الهرب من مشكلاتهما عن طريق العواطف والمشاعر تجاه أحدهما الآخر . وبكلمات أخرى، يستخدم كل منهما الآخر مهربًا له . أما الحب الصحي فهو قائم على وجود شخصين يعرف كل منهما مشكلاته ويقر بها ويتعامل معها بمعونة من الشخص الآخر .

No, the opposite of happiness is hopelessness, an endless gray horizon of resignation and indifference.3 It’s the belief that everything is fucked, so why do anything at all?