Having emotionally supportive friends is totally underrated. A lot of people want to have rich friends, successful friends and friends with networks and so on but it is important to have friends who are there to support you emotionally.
No one wishes to be an emotional wreck but when it happens having people offer a shoulder to cry on is very important.
Emotionally supportive friends are friends who are there for us emotionally, listening to us rant, curse, manage our outbursts and comfort us. They do not play the role of advisers or judges, they are active listeners, listening and processing every word we say and comforting us, you know how sometimes you just want to talk to someone and just need them to listen to you, these friends are always there to do the listening, and they are very patient and kind.
Emotionally supportive friends know the right words to say to us when we are down, they are people who see us in our vulnerable states and neither judge nor tease us with it. To me, they are the real MVPs.
Imagine listening to me go on and on nonstop about things that might not make sense but you still keep your cool to the very end, that’s patience at its peak bro!
I've been an emotional wreck this past week and the people who comforted me were my emotionally supportive friends and funny they aren’t even regular friends of mine.
My emotional outburst happened as a result of taking in too much, I was bottling up my emotions and it got to a point where I could no longer take it anymore.
You know one thing about being all strong and brave is people thinking you can take in everything. They believe you can suck in so much without cracking as a result of the tough skin you’ve built over time. They begin to see you as a superhuman but in reality, you are just a human being with blood flowing through your veins and capable of being vulnerable and weak once in a while.
If there's one thing I have learnt this past few weeks is that you shouldn't carry on so much emotional baggage than you can handle. The thing about bottling up your emotions is that it takes just the most minute thing to let the floodgate out.
While I kept wearing the big girl's boot, I think I had worn it for just too long and I needed to take it off for a while😃
I am one to believe that crying isn't a sign of one’s weakness nor something to be ashamed of as society sees it to be.
It is very normal to cry when you just can't take it anymore, simply put, crying is THERAPEUTIC.
While a lot of people would say crying doesn't change or fix a thing permit me to say that the aftermath of crying is wonderful.
Letting those tears flow uncontrollably and wiping your face just after crying is refreshing, you feel much lighter and sometimes you get clarity, so if you ever feel like crying? Cry and remember that you are not weak, you are only human and crying is just one of those human reactions.
During this period I learnt to respect my emotionally supportive friends as they helped a lot in making me feel good again.
Do you have an emotionally supportive friend or are you that kind of friend to others, I’d like to read your thoughts in the comment.
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