Affirmation #21

Your Emotions Are Not Irrational

Your heart deserves more than dismissal

James Horton, Ph.D
Published in
6 min readJun 26, 2023

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There was a brief time as I came out of my depression when I didn’t realize that I had regained my capacity for normal emotion.

My emotions have always been mildly disengaged. I once cat-napped through a fire alarm. During my depression, however, the quiescence…

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James Horton, Ph.D
The Affirmations

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