What are we fighting for?

Emotions come always hand in hand with movement. The need to express, the need to accompany feelings with their accurate translation of gestures and actions is perhaps the most pure form of their expression. When do we become “too” tolerant? Is it when we are consistently and constantly deprived of our needs and when our boundaries are overstepped? Or is tolerance a concept that has intrinsically interwoven a power dynamic where superiority plays the protagonist role?

We are afraid as an “educated” society to express any emotion outside of our own external perception. A perception that coexist with the idea we have of ourselves and the idea of ourselves that others have.  As women we cannot get angry for we will be labeled as hysterical. As men, we cannot get angry as it will be perceived as a threat. As a person who does not fall into gender binary, space for understatement is not even on the picture. So what is the “appropriate” regulation of said emotions if not being able to create safe spaces where boundaries, fears and expectations are previously discussed and agreed upon to safely deep dive into them.

What are we so scared of? The external impact or perception of our own emotions? Or is it perhaps what we tell ourselves about our own reactions? Where is our judgement coming from? Is it moralism playing a part here when judging what should we be feeling or reacting about? Who has established said moralism and why is it capable of defining how we experience the world?

There is no such thing as an unpleasant emotion. Emotions just are that, emotions. We advocate for re signifying discomfort and explore ways to deep dive into them while excitement drives us through this chaotic process.