Single People, Emotions, and Valentine’s Day

How does Valentine’s Day feel to a person who is still single? Firstly, you will feel like absolute shit, and you will wish that you had a person or a partner to celebrate with. Then, you would open Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media platform and see many Valentine’s Day posts with roses, cakes, romantic dinners, and maybe even extra romantic proposals. What you already felt earlier will intensify, and you would feel lonely.

Then you would think, “Why in the world does an event like Valentine’s Day even exist?” and then you would either get completely drunk to forget about Valentine’s Day or watch a romcom, chilling under your blanket and have a box of tissues next to you, along with some chocolates, crying your heart out trying to overcome your loneliness.

I’m not saying this is exactly what we would do, but our events would probably capture the emotions we felt when reading the paragraph. So, let’s talk about emotions.

Before I go any further, what did you feel when you read the first paragraph? Take a moment to think about it before you go any further.

I know, technically, this is an article, so you obviously ignored the time skip and moved on to this section 😂. And I know, you obviously know or have already read many articles talking about emotions we feel and how important it is to acknowledge them.

My biggest question to you is this: do you acknowledge it? More importantly, do you actually talk about it? Do you feel like your emotions are unimportant and talking about it with somebody will burden them, and do you fear the reaction you will get out of them?

This is one of the main reasons why I am writing this article. I feel like we don’t talk about our emotions as much, and we bottle it up, even with our closest ones and loved ones. We mainly fear talking about it with them because we are always afraid of losing them and their reactions.

So, I’m here to try to give you tips on the best ways you can release your emotions and ways you can bring in some positive thoughts so that you can learn to love yourself even more. It’s already hard enough being away from home and loved ones, but the more you concentrate on yourself and what you feel, the more you will attract positive thoughts and love to yourself.

● Find people you know you can talk to without boundaries and be completely honest with your emotions. You may be pleasantly surprised when they end up becoming your best friends and eventually confide in you themselves.

● Write your thoughts in a journal, poem, or private blog, whichever suits you best. This is absolutely a great way to acknowledge and release your emotions, but you will also get a clear idea of what you want to do next.

● Go on walks and exercise as much as possible. As my dad says, exercising releases many happy emotions and makes you feel good about yourself.

● If in case you are already on a dating app, check the number of likes you have on your profile. One of my work friends gave me this tip, and surprisingly, it works well! It helps you acknowledge that there are people out there who like you for who you are! You may not match with them, or you may not necessarily have a high number, but it does have a great way of telling you, “Don’t change yourself; you are perfect just the way you are.”
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● And last but not least, try to step out occasionally and roam around and explore the city. Just because you step out doesn’t necessarily mean you need to spend money by eating or going to a pub with friends. You can easily just walk around the city with your closest friends and observe the wonders of a beautiful city like Prague.

With all this being said, I hope this article will at least help you take the first step to acknowledging and talking about your emotions.

However, if you are dealing with serious issues or past incidents holding you back from moving forward, please visit the Academic Psychological Counselling and register for a session.  All sessions are free and are held in multiple languages like Czech, English, and Spanish.

Please also visit the Mental Health Day event on February 14th, which is held for the first time ever on our Zizkov Campus. More information is provided in this link.

Thank you for reading this article, and have a nice day! And make progress in learning how to talk about your emotions and eventually learning how to love yourself! All love to you! ♥