trivialized

That's how I feel way too often. That's probably how 99.9% of the population feels, too. I'm guilty of trivializing people's emotions all the time, so I'm not just pointing fingers at everyone else.

I wonder how different this world would look if we actually took the time to try to make people feel validated in their emotions. I think it would be a much healthier, happier place.

I realized that not only do I shove aside my emotions because people trivialize how I'm feeling when I try to articulate my thoughts, but I've learned to internally trivialize how I'm feeling because I'm so used to that response. Not healthy.

I guess I just don't know what to do with my newfound emotions.