Yes I feel a lot / "Jah ma tunnen palju / " Liisa Addi

“Both as a child and as an adult, I have been constantly shamed for being emotional. I have gone to therapy and tried to 'cure' it, but it turns out that with my diagnoses, it is a natural part of me. Moreover, our society promotes stoicism as the ultimate state of being. The unique part of the human brain is to feel and express emotions. In the past, women were diagnosed with hysteria, a term derived from the Latin word hysteria (womb), and it was a diagnosis for being overly emotional. Although it has not been diagnosed since the 1980s, many psychologists still shame emotionality and try to find methods to reduce it in patients, instead of finding tools to express emotions in a healthy way.”

-Liisa Addi