Emtions are not good or badīesides being an inadequate way to describe our emotional experience, we are unconsciously judging our emotions. The problem is that good, ok, and bad are poor ways to describe our experience. The last category that I hear is “I’m doing bad.” At the start of therapy, most of my clients start off in this category, displaying feelings of anger, hurt, sadness, anxiety, confusion, and many more emotions. In my life I tend to always think of being ok as feeling content with life, maybe a little bored or just at peace. The second categories that I get “I’m ok.” Most of us use ok way too much because we are not feeling necessarily happy, sad or angry.

The first is “I’m good,” usually this means that everything in life is going well, no major stressors, and an overall feeling of happiness or joy. You will never feel bad again after reading this.ĭuring therapy, I always to ask my clients how are you doing today? The response that I get is varied but falls typically into three different types of categories.

Getting in touch with emotions