Drowning in emotions...

How do you deal with this feeling of being in the middle of an ocean of emotions——??
Do you isolate yourselves, do you share right away?
How do you manage to get a hold on reality?
Thanks

I don't know ... I don't ever feel overwhelmed with emotions.

Just learned to sort it all out and file them away until they need to be dealt with.

I can do that, when we talk about every day petty emotions. But when it is a huge thing, like a broken heart, it is complicated to file them away. I try , and i do it, I need to, to go to work, to deal with responsibilities. But then, I listen to some music and all these emotions drown me and they overwhelm my core.
They are intense moments, a tornado of feelings , difficult to explain, waves coming and going. Then I am myself again, cheerful, happy and active.
It has to do with a breakup that has been recent, I guess Im still mourning it though I kind of keep it inside. It just comes out in bursts.

Awww...I completely understand. You just vocalize the feelings better than I do. I went through something similiar recently and noticed the very same thing...how it comes out in bursts. One minute you're overwhelmed with emotion and maybe sometime later you feel almost normal again, then BAM the overwhelming emotion again! A grief cycle that I've noticed throughout my life during times of intense emotional distress. (I hear you on the listening to music and or even hearing certain songs in your head and being completely consumed by the grief.) If I don't own the music, I might even go buy it and torture myself more by listening to it repeatedly. LOL, but I think it actually does help me through the process.

I believe it is our internal protection mechanism designed to keep us sane, so that we can actually attend to our daily responsibilities.

I don't experience that at all ... and I'm a true Pisces with a Cancer moon that is accentuated.



Sun in Pisces
Moon (Cancer) in 12th house (Pisces rules 12th house)
Moon trines Neptune (Neptune rules Pisces)



So, in theory, I should overflowing with emotions .... the trick is to realize that you are what you think. If you let yourself constantly think about it, then it will be a burden to you.


think about something else

Thanks so much Taurus girl! 🙂 you definitely must have water in that chart to undestand so well what I'm saying.
It is just that, intense waves. Imagine , a Sun Fish-Rising Fish! a lot of water in me.
I tend to ostracize myself when this happens, don't like to feel exposed and it is very private anyway. I guess a turmoil may be going on inside me and nobody will notice since i can hide it so well. as you said, a mechanism to protect us from going nuts!!!!

I think I underestimated the pain of my breakup and tried to hide it away by doing lots of activities, social, going out with a new guy and all that, but the feelings are there, underneath ..and they are slowly showing. I allow them to come out and to flow...

It's Ok P-Angel...the outbursts are waves,and I can deal with everyday activities well. But they are there. Maybe you don't feel them now because you haven't been through an intense emotional situation. When this happens, it is inevitable, I guess even to the point of saying regardless of sun sign, though of course water people will feel it more deeply.

I guess I am surprised by the intensity, it's been a long time since Ive felt this way. Fortunately I have a Sag moon which helps me bounce back quick, though there is no denying I can drown in them from time to time.

I get the balls on up into my bedroom and I stay there for years and years.
Oh, and I sell things and take random trips to places for 6 months and cause lots of trouble in those countries only to come back and go into my room.

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I get the balls on up into my bedroom and I stay there for years and years.
Oh, and I sell things and take random trips to places for 6 months and cause lots of trouble in those countries only to come back and go into my room.

That's always on option, one in which the Pisces loves and does very well.


I once had another whole family and co-lived in LA and London .... had 4 children, boy first, then daughter, then set of boy twins !!!!!!

For Pisces people who cannot put the thoughts out of your head (of the heartbreak) .. then I know you can easily live vicariously in a fantasy .. I would suggest going there for a year or two, until you're over whatever the problem was.


😄😄 .. goddam, I love being a Fish ... otherins have no idea how deliciously awesome life can be when you've been completely submerged into a fantasy.

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Haha..yes indeed. Just be sure not to include the object of your heartbreak in the fantasy.

True, that would be a bad idea.

I think it's really funny how the otherins laugh at us and taunt us about our dreams like we should be ashamed of it ... when really .... WE LOVE IT !!!! It doesn't hurt us at all to talk about it, in fact, we like to talk about it.


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Posted by PiscesArgie
But when it is a huge thing, like a broken heart, it is complicated to file them away. I try , and i do it, I need to, to go to work, to deal with responsibilities. But then, I listen to some music and all these emotions drown me and they overwhelm my core.
They are intense moments, a tornado of feelings , difficult to explain, waves coming and going. Then I am myself again, cheerful, happy and active.
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I know exactly what you mean! Its torture! You feel like you are going mad! Heres a bit of advice: if you want permanent relief from a bad feeling, you must accept that it is there, feel it fully and not resist it at all. Embrace it wholefully, feel it and it will feel bad, but it will slowly evaporate, leaving you feeling refreshed and lighter over time. To deny it only makes it worse. Hang in there. —

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Thanks !!!! I agree 🙂

I withdraw and keep to myself.