Will I Get Lost in This?

If I let this feeling in, will I ever come back?

What This Might Be

Some feelings knock at the door
with such force,
you fear they might never leave.

Grief.
Anger.
A hollow loneliness.

So you brace.
You distract.
You shut the door gently — or slam it.

Not because you don’t care.
But because you do —
and you're scared of what might happen
if you let it all the way in.

What if you fall in
and can't find your way out?

But here’s the truth:
You are the doorway.
And you are also the way back.

Graceful Reflection

It’s normal to fear being swallowed by feeling —
to believe you’ll drown in it,
that you won’t recover,
that you'll become the sadness,
or rage,
or shame.

But no emotion is permanent.
Even the heavy ones move — if given space.

You don’t have to dive in.
You can wade.
You can breathe.
You can stay close to yourself.

Soft Places to Land

• What emotion have I been afraid to fully feel — and why?

• Where did I learn the story that feeling is dangerous or consuming?

• What’s one way I can stay present with a hard feeling, without drowning in it?

Gentle Grounding

The Shoreline Visualization

Close your eyes.
Imagine a vast ocean.
This is your emotion.

Now imagine yourself
standing on a quiet shore.

You are not in the waves.
You are with them.

Breathe.
Let them move.
And stay rooted in your feet,
your breath,
your body.

You can return here.

Closing Whisper

You don’t need to become the storm
to honor the weather.

You can feel
without falling apart.
You can soften
without getting lost.

You are not the emotion.
You are the witness.