The Soul Syndicate
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Understanding the Human Experience. The views expressed in this blog are mine alone from my research and a lifetime of curiosity. My intention is not to come across as someone compelled to preach values to others but an invitation to us understand each other. I am not afraid of being wrong and welcome the opportunity to be humbled by your views and experiences.
The Soul Syndicate
4y ago
I was 34 years old
when I finally realized that I had been suffering from depression. It took me
over 10 years of feeling off and held back to come to that realization. If I
had been asked the right questions years earlier I could have started
developing the tools to deal with this modern epidemic that is invincible in
nature.
The problem is that
we only think of depression as sadness. But sadness is only one of a myriad of
symptoms that people can feel when clinically depressed. Symptoms that
typically end up misdiagnosed only to manifest itself in many other ways.
As a result, we end ..read more
The Soul Syndicate
4y ago
Our language has evolved in ways that strive to explain, in more and more depth, who we are and the world around us. And dealing with interpersonal relationships are no exception.
But at the end of the day, there is really only one critical question we should ask about how we interact with the people in our lives.
“How do we make each other feel?”
Isn’t that the most critical question that can help guide us towards healthier and more fulfilling relationships? Isn’t the highest form of intimacy with someone a deep understanding of their emotions and how complete they feel inside ..read more
The Soul Syndicate
4y ago
We are all guilty, some more than others, in refusing to apologize or admit our faults. Even if we know deep down inside the error of our ways it is a frightening thing to openly verbalize it. After all, once it’s out in the open, we fear that your action permanently defines who you are as a person.
That belief is most likely the reason why we can refuse, at all costs, to admit wrongdoing and our role in negatively impacting someone’s emotional well being. Any one action, behavior, or mistake is not a permanent reflection of our character but only a part of who we are. In fact, adamantly d ..read more
The Soul Syndicate
4y ago
There’s a stigma, mainly from our toxic masculine culture, that refuse to embrace the “feelings” movement. I have personally observed refusal and borderline disgust some people exhibit when they are told that feelings and emotions should be acknowledged every time they are felt.
But there is a big misunderstanding on what the approach in acknowledging emotions and feelings is all about. Upon first glance one can easily assume that its sole purpose is to coddle and shield someone from the harshness of reality and life. Simply put, when some people hear talk about honoring feelings, they imm ..read more
The Soul Syndicate
4y ago
Emotions make up a good part of who we are and ultimately how fulfilling our lives become. But we still have a hard time taking responsibility for how we make others feel and deny the presence of emotions in ourselves. More often than not, when confronted with the possibility that we caused unpleasant emotions in someone, our first instinct is to eliminate it. We do that mainly by denying its very existence in the first place by saying “that’s not how you feel” or “that’s not how I made you feel”. Suggesting the emotion itself is ill conceived or shouldn’t be felt is depriving us from fully pr ..read more