With increasing research in neuroscience, we began to learn, more and more, that self-expression is one of the most important ways for us to be able to connect, not just with each other but with others as well. In the world today, self-expression can feel quite intimidating, but speaking your truth is the key to self-acceptance.
How can it help?
Self-expression can help us feel like our voice is heard and acknowledged. We tend to see that we are not alone when it comes to our inner thoughts. It helps us use conversations to connect with others in order to share a common view of the world.
Here are some of the positive outcomes that come out of this feeling –
- You would be able to set up stronger boundaries for yourself. This is since you are, now, able to communicate openly as you have a clearer mindset.
- You would strengthen your relationships with others as well as yourself as you have created a space where others also feel open to freely express themselves around you, creating a safe environment that leads to stinging relationships.
- You would help soothe your anxiety by talking about the things that make you anxious or uncomfortable, making it easier to then battle and overcome it and take away all the distractions as you now have to face it head-on.
- Your creativity will soar when you remove distractions.
- When expressing yourself, you feel at ease and you start feeling comfortable with communicating in different difficult situations. This is when you will feel yourself growing and feel yourself starting to heal.
Communicating emotions is often very difficult, which is what sets that barrier when we try to openly express ourselves. Due to that reason, we must try to improve our communication skills because, at the end of the day, communication is the basis of all our relationships. Besides, when you learn to express yourself you avoid many issues that you may have faced.
Self-expression also impacts society as a whole. This happens because when an individual changes their mindset; they slowly start doing the same to those around them and this, in turn, wreaks the rewards as society pushes back the influence. This process can be very slow and tedious, but, gradually, it becomes very rewarding.