Emotional imprisonment!

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Salman Rushdie
 
A prison is a place where a person is denied his right to physical movement.  A prisoner is handcuffed and ‘taken out’ and in some cases even chained.

‘Emotional imprisonment’ is where you are denied the freedom to express your feelings and emotions! You cannot show your happiness, anger, irritation, dissent and disagreement etc. In fact there are occasions where you cannot even express your appreciation and admiration.
This is much worse than physical imprisonment!
Consider the following situations when you are ‘emotionally arrested’:
•    Your boss is wrong, and you are not allowed to point out the same
•    Your close friend or relative is doing something or not doing something and you are not allowed to correct
•    Your boss or someone in authority shouts at you in open office and you are not allowed to protest
•    You are angry and the situation is not right to show your anger
•    You feel happy but you are instructed not to express the same
•    You are not rewarded appropriately for your hard work, but you are not able to express your displeasure

You can release yourself from emotional imprisonment by learning to be assertive!

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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