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5 journal prompts on regaining your emotional safe space




Empath, you were asked to take on…⁣

💜 Someone else’s emotions⁣

💜 Someone else’s fears⁣

💜 The responsibility of being someone else. ⁣

What you heard from others was: “𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺”. ⁣

Here is why you heard it so loudly: ⁣

➡️ someone else could/would not take ownership of their emotions, for fear of facing them. ⁣

➡️ you felt like you had to take it upon yourself to release that person of their emotions. ⁣

So, your go to cycle became—⁣

🔄 take their feelings⁣

🔄 replace your own emotions with theirs⁣

🔄 make them happy⁣

🔄 ease their discomfort⁣

🔄 struggle with yourself trying to figure out how to identify your own emotions.⁣

Now this isn’t a quick fix, there is some work to be done. ⁣

𝟓 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞: ⁣

1️⃣ Does this cycle happen more frequently with specific individuals in my life?⁣

2️⃣ If yes to the above question, think back to a time when this individual intentionally or unintentionally expected you to relieve them of their emotions? ⁣

3️⃣ Why do you feel obligated to take on this person’s emotion? ⁣

4️⃣ How can I distinguish what is being projected onto me and what I truly feel? ⁣

5️⃣ Reflect: what am I truly feeling during this experience? ⁣

At the end of the day, you're only responsible for carrying your own emotions. ⁣

Drop a wave 🙋🏻‍♀️ down below if you'd like to dive further into empowering yourself. ⁣

I'll shoot ya a DM, let's chat on it. ⁣

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