Tell ‘em

Tell those close to you what you're feeling and thinking.

Just to state the obvious (although this took me a long time to figure out): if you don’t tell people what you’re feeling and thinking, it’s going to be really hard for them to know.

And if you’re ever feeling angry because X person is acting like they don’t know or care about the way you are feeling - ask yourself if you have told them how you are feeling.

It’s not really fair (or productive) to be angry with someone about something if you haven’t mentioned it to them.

This is a bug in the human software (that we can be angry about something that no one else knows about) - not the only bug, but one of them. Same goes when you are feeling happy - should you tell someone? Why, yes! I can’t guarantee that you will always be happy with the reaction you get when you tell people what you are feeling, but, I can tell you that there is freedom in being honest with others about your feelings, and often also clarity, and sometimes even, this could make things bloom.