Susanna TamaroUnshed tears leave a deposit on your heart. Eventually they form a crust around it and paralyze it, the way mineral deposits paralyze a washing machine.
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Unshed tears leave a deposit on your heart. Eventually they form a crust around it and paralyze it, the way mineral deposits paralyze a washing machine. When we cry, we release all our emotions and feelings in one fell swoop. But, afterwards, we sort of put it back quick in the filing cabinet in the back of our mind.
The danger is that our emotions will never get processed because we never give them any room to grow. And, without taking the time to process the feelings, we can become emotionally stunted and unable to properly function because we lack emotional resources.
Source: Follow Your Heart
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