Stop Minimising Your Feelings

A piece for anyone who avoids conflict out of fear of rejection

Hannah Bailey
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
4 min readAug 13, 2022

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Photo by ᴊᴀᴄʜʏᴍ ᴍɪᴄʜᴀʟ on Unsplash

I cannot tell you how many times over the years I have bitten my tongue and kept my thoughts and feelings to myself because I was scared of being rejected for creating conflict or appearing needy or mean. I still do it to this day. I am doing it at this very minute, actually.

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