Your experience of feelings will adapt, change and grow throughout your entire life – after puberty, in your 20’s, 30’s, after marriage, relationships, children, divorce and so on. All these life experiences change your understanding of feelings and your priorities.
Some feelings need reflecting on. Never post online when you are angry – wait and write it calmly. With negative feelings it can be best to wait, reflect and not act hastily.
Be kind to yourself. Loving yourself and valuing your own feelings is important.
When teaching your children about sex, periods, life, money, jobs and so on, make sure you discuss the emotional side as well as all the practical advice.
Even if someone dismisses your pain, that doesn’t make it any less valid.
You can’t force someone else to feel something they don’t. Sometimes you can remain friends and still have a relationship. Sometimes that’s too difficult and you have to take care of yourself and your feelings so you don’t get too hurt.
Having romantic feelings for someone who doesn’t feel the same about you is something most people have experienced at some point in their lives, and can be one of the hardest feelings to endure.
When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.