Masking Emotions
Megan discusses how medication for mental illness can mask emotions, leading to a reliance on substances and an inability to express feelings. Mark explores the effects of chronic stress on a child's brain and the importance of not being afraid of the truth in disrupted homes.In this clip
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The Mark Groves Podcast
#043: Do You Feel Your Feelings? with Megan Jane Soutar
Related Questions
How does parenting affect mental health as discussed in the episode #043: Do You Feel Your Feelings? with Megan Jane Soutar and the clip Masking Emotions?
How does mental health impact parenting?
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question is in relation to the episode #043: Do You Feel Your Feelings? with Megan Jane Soutar, the clip Family Dynamics Unexplored, the episode #224: Be Authentic — It's Good For Your Health with Dr. Christian Gonzalez, the clip The Impact of Emotional Suppression, the episode 198: Mark Manson | Channeling Hope, Choosing Problems, and Changing Values, and the clip Unraveling Childhood Trauma.