We tend to dismiss our emotional health. We certainly don’t talk about it around the dinner table, at the office, or really anywhere. If we talk about any kind of health, we prefer to chat about our physical wellness: what we’re eating, and not eating, what kind of exercise we’re trying, and not trying, how much we’re sleeping or not sleeping.
One reason we do this is because talking about our physical health offers external validation from others, said Marline Francois-Madden, LCSW, a psychotherapist and owner of Hearts Empowerment Counseling Center in Montclair, New Jersey.
Talking about our emotional health, however, feels too vulnerable, she said. And this is understandable. Our pain feels fresh, tender, private. Often, we don’t even admit we’re hurting to ourselves.
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