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Emotional Literacy Means Being Able To Recognise What You Are Feeling, So That It Doesn't Interfere With Thinking. It Becomes Another Dimension To Draw Upon When Making Decisions Or Encountering Situations. Emotional Expression By Contrast Can Mean Being Driven By Emotions, So That It Isn't Possible To Think. These Two Things Are Often Confused, Because We Are Still Uncomfortable With The Idea Of The Validity Of Feelings.

Our Idea Of A Healthy Body Is So Destabilised That Insecure People Have Come To Bolster Their Own Bodies By Deeming Others - Those With Fat Bodies - Less Worthy, Less Capable And Less Employable.

I Thought Of The Analyst Winnicott's Observation: 'it Is A Joy To Be Hidden But Disaster Not To Be Found'.

I'd Like To See Much More Understanding Of Emotional Issues Around Hurt, Abandonment, Disappointment, Longing, Failure And Shame, Where They Stem From And How They Drive People And Policies Brought Into Public Discourse.

A Wanted Pregnancy As Much As A Dreaded Pregnancy Can Play Differently Than All One's Previous Imaginings.