Source: [[202009062145 web - Do I deserve to be happy]] # **Emotions have to be accurately described** Tags: #grief, #[[Happiness MOC]] #differentiation #[[psychotherapy]] #emotions It is important to name the emotion accurately, before the right interventions can be introduced. **References** *"Secondly, ==feeling guilty can be one of the biggest barriers to [[Happiness MOC]] and it can come in many forms==. When my aunt passed away a few years ago, I was overcome by [[guilt]] because I hadn’t been very close to her while she was alive. This [[guilt]] lengthened my grieving process because I was so focused on the missed opportunities to build a closer relationship with her. At the same time, my mother was dealing with survivors’ [[guilt]]: my uncle had passed a couple of years before my aunt, and my mom, the eldest of her siblings, was the last one alive. As we grieved together, it quickly became clear that neither of us would be moving on until ==we had addressed the [[guilt]] rather than the grief.== My mother went to a counselor and I went to my aunt’s grave to tell her everything I wanted her to know. Only then did we start to move on."* [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton#Randomness]] **Cross - reference** - [[202011011314 Words that describes become labels and dogma]] - If emotions is not labelled accurately, will the patients be holding on to a wrong diagnosis? - Personal experience of the therapeutic effect of being able to identify my own emotions clearly - [[05-11-2020 Thur Daily Log]] - [[HBR 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions]] - [[202102222010 Describe, do not explain. Be curious]] - [[202112052204 Emotions only makes sense in the context of relations]]