# notes --- my core feeling is fear; i wrote about it in [[2024-05-09 when the going gets tough]] after reading this article. # highlights --- > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > A core feeling is an emotion that visits you often and throughout all stages of your life. It’s a feeling that develops in childhood and tends to be powerful and visceral. > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > What a child feels consistently in their upbringing will follow them into adulthood. > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > Without a parent to teach you how to identify and name, tolerate and manage, or express and communicate your emotions, these feelings stay inside you—unprocessed and waiting to be noticed. > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > Your core feeling is directly connected to your childhood. In fact, when you allow yourself to feel your core emotion, you gain access to memories from your past. This is because your core emotion is a pipeline to your unresolved issues. It’s the key to healing old wounds. > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > You make your core feeling stronger by ignoring it. > [!highlight]+ Wed May 08 2024 11:18:26 GMT-0400 > > A surefire way to heal your core feeling is to allow yourself to feel and process it. The only way out is through.