Turn your emotions into something tangible

Peege · Post by **Peege** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:09 pm

Imagine you could turn the main emotion(s) you’re feeling right now into something you can touch and physically get rid of.
What would it be? Why? How would you get rid of it?

I’ll go first…

I would turn my sadness into a huge rock because it weighs me down so much and I would throw it off a cliff into a wild, angry ocean.

I’d turn my fear into a beautiful rainbow coloured fish because it has always seemed so slippery and hard to pin down and understand. It is rainbow coloured because I know that some of the things I fear are beautiful things and I want to see their true nature. I’d set it free in a mountain stream and watch it swim away.

Licentia Poetica · Post by **Licentia Poetica** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:38 pm

Hey that's interesting.

I'd turn my tiredness into a heavy that's over my head weighing me down. I'd set it alight and burn it so it can no longer restrict me.

half/hearted · Post by **half/hearted** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:49 pm

I'd turn my guilt into a huge stone, because it sits in my stomach and keeps me in constant emotional pain.

Post by **treasure** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:52 pm

good idea

i would turn my self-hate into a room filled with graffiti - walls, everything, covered with spray painted words and pictures. i would get rid of it by tossing brightly coloured paints over everything in big splashes of colour.

i would turn my apathy into a bird. it would fly away, free, watching the world from afar and not bothered by the pain of the world.

i would turn my loneliness into a candle and watch it melt away. (it feels like that. kind of a bright spark of pain and melting away the sense i have of being liked by anyone else.)

balletomane · Post by **balletomane** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:15 am

I would turn my anger into tissue paper. I would get rid of it by pouring water on it and watching it turn into a small pile of soaked paper.

I would turn my uncertainty into a medallion that I could look at occasionally, but need not carry with me at all times.

handmade mute · Post by **handmade mute** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:16 am

I would turn my anger into a firework and set it off, allowing the bright colours of my other emotions to show through.

I would turn my resentment into a bird and release it.

sockr28 · Post by **sockr28** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:18 am

wow, great idea! i like all of your images, i could really see them all. i think that i will just borrow yours for now until i can come up with some of my own!

pointeless · Post by **pointeless** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:14 am

What a brilliant topic...

I would tun my fear into a tiny helpless kitten so I could see it isn't so big, It needn't have so much power, and that it doesn't need shunning away but gentle care and allowances and acceptance to be what it is

I would turn my depression into a feather that could blow away in the wind,knowing that if the wind changed direction it might blow back my way,and yes I may have to see it again someday....but if I did it would just pass through,it would never stay tied onto me any longer,that it held no weight with me anymore...

I would tun my shame into a big bright kite and i'd take it up to the highest hilltop and throw it into the sky, so all that's been hidden so long inside me could be opened out to the world and everything I felt was so small and dirty and hideous about who I am could instead be big,beautiful, wild and free, and that 'bigness' would suddenly be something to be so proud of,taking up the space I deserve

tzanti · Post by **tzanti** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:03 am

Awesome Idea!!!

I'd turn my fear into a net that envelopes me and binds me. I'd cut through it and leave it on the ground as I walked away from it.

I'd turn my anger into a bolt of lightning, powerful and beautiful, but unlikely to strike me again.

I'd turn my hate, all of my hate, into a paper boat. I'd float it on a lake and sink it with pebbles skimmed like Barnes Wallace bouncing bombs. (That's quite a British one, isn't it.)

T.

silver_smurf · Post by **silver_smurf** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:54 pm

I would turn my anxiety into a piece of paper that I could crumple up tightly and throw into the garbage.

I would turn my hopelessness into a puppy that would greet me when I come home from work.

ViolinPlayingGoat · Post by **ViolinPlayingGoat** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:34 pm

i'm going to turn my frustration about this into a bus [an actual one, not this website, lol. a big purple one] that i can sit on. because its out of my control.
and i used to get frustrated about buses, like when they got stuck in traffic i would get irritated in case i was late- but the traffic is out of my control and i have learnt to be relaxed about it.
i'm going to ride around on this bus and learn not to be so frustrated about it because its something i can;t do anything about. what i can control, to a certain extent, is my emotions about it.
this is just a traffic jam and i'll get through it. its no big deal...

Scatterbrain · Post by **Scatterbrain** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:03 am

I want to turn my anxiety into a piece of paper. Then i can crush it into a ball and throw it in the trash can. I also want to turn my fear and insecurity into a paper box that I can jump on and throw in the recycle... I just took out the recycling... can you tell...lol. This is a cool thread

~Megan

ViolinPlayingGoat · Post by **ViolinPlayingGoat** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:47 pm

i would turn this empty kind of feeling of calm into a ring that i can wear and keep with me, and hold if i need to. hold on to it.
i'm not sure that the feelings going to last, but i can try to keep a hold of it to remind me in future that it was here.

Peege · Post by **Peege** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:28 pm

i would turn this guilt into a sandcastle and jump up and down on it, then watch as the tide turns it into a wet heap of sand.

katja · Post by **katja** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:22 pm

my anxiety IS an axe sticking in my chest, I would take it out and throw it into a tree trunk where it belongs.

Post by **treasure** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:20 am

i feel positive for a change

i would describe this feeling like sitting by a campfire with some good friends. it is warm, protective, a sense of power, relaxing, pleasant. i'm mostly silent and looking and listening to the fire, but there are people to support me if i need them.

Neviah · Post by **Neviah** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:24 pm

I would turn my Sadness into a rock and smash it up with a big hammer and chisle.

I would turn my Fear into a lake and I'd let it flow and put fish into it and put it in a park so that I can go anytime but not be afraid anymore.

I would turn my anxiety into a tree and cut it down.

I would turn my lonliness into a fire and pour water on it.

I would turn my life into a flower and watch it blossom.

ViolinPlayingGoat · Post by **ViolinPlayingGoat** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:40 pm

i would turn this empty kind of feeling of calm into a ring that i can wear and keep with me, and hold if i need to. hold on to it.
i'm not sure that the feelings going to last, but i can try to keep a hold of it to remind me in future that it was here.

i did

well obviosuly i didnt actually turn it into one- but i went and bought a ring today. not sure if it will help, but it made me feel better today when i needed it.

red umbrellas · Post by **red umbrellas** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:45 am

i'm going to turn my self disgust into a bonfire. and set it alight.
and if the ashes touch me, i know the thoughts might come back. but it's only ash, so i can blow it away.

recovering4me · Post by **recovering4me** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:22 pm

i'd turn my need for comfort into a telephone so i could maybe ask someone for help

i'd turn my hunger into some of my dads fried chicken

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