Being one who personally struggles with mental health from a inheritance it meant a lot to me when I realized that feelings and emotions are needed and important.
Many times in the scriptures it mentions that, "He wept". Or when Christ felt, "compassion towards them" [I encourage you to find your own references and examples!]
However, when I think of now and the days we live in it seems that maybe we are showing too much emotions. Getting worked up too much. But then an idea came into my head.
*Before I share my thoughts though. Know that what I am to share comes from my own personal feelings and thoughts and could definitely be false.
I read somewhere that in the past that when girls got raped when they were being baby sat or watched by older men then would be then forced by their parents to marry their rapists. Young boys were called girls or sissies if they cried, refused to fight, or enjoyed something even remotely similar to a woman's character.
Young girls are critizied for being bossy, and punished for delinquent behavior much earlier in life than boys; or that boys might never get punished for doing or be seen negatively for doing.
My point is maybe today we are not more emotion filled but more emotional aware. Some may be angry and cruel and tell us that it is wrong. And that means there is something wrong with us. I feel though that such negative thoughts come from the adversary.
Because if we are someday to hope to be perfect like Christ and Heavenly Father shouldn't we too love as they do?
I want to be able to think for and be myself. And be able to love someone for who they are and who they can become. But if I let the negative cruel whispers of others cloud my thoughts instead I may treat a person differently in that I belittle, shame, and outcast them. Instead of being emotionless I rather love them and worry that they think I am a bad neighbor and prove them wrong anyhow. Because love hand and hand with Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement makes all the difference.
