Turning a sense of unease into a margin of possibility

"Something feels a little off..."

Even though you thought that,
"Well, there's no point in worrying about it," you said,
and just let it slide.

Have you ever had a moment like this?

You felt a little concerned, but
you brushed it off, thinking, "Maybe it's just my imagination."

Even though you felt a slight,
grating sense of unease deep in your chest,
you let it slide, thinking, "I don't need to think about this right now."

Usually,
there's a good reason for it, too.

If you were in the middle of a conversation,
you didn't want to ruin the mood.
You didn't want to interrupt the flow of the conversation.

You couldn't quite put into words
what you were feeling.

So, the decision to set it aside for a moment
actually serves a purpose in that situation.

However, after some time has passed,
that snag starts to bother you in a strange way.

You might not know the clear reason at the time,
but a "feeling of being off" remains somewhere inside you.

A sense of unease isn't something
that always provides an immediate answer on the spot.

Sometimes it slowly emerges later,
"What was that feeling back then?"
and it comes to mind.

And if you continue while ignoring that sense of unease,
your judgment can gradually become dulled.

Even though I feel like I'm thinking it through properly,
something just doesn't click.

Even though I feel like I'm making a choice,
it doesn't feel quite right.

That said,
it's not as if you have to put that sense of unease into words immediately,
or rush to make things black and white.

Just,
"Oh, I feel a little snag right now"
is enough to notice it.

With just that,
that sense of unease won't be "erased as if it never happened,"
and it will remain properly within you.

And it will exist as a margin
that you can re-examine later.

A sense of unease is often not a comfortable thing,
but perhaps it is something whose meaning becomes clear later on.

Thank you for reading this article
to the end.

See you next time.

▼ Contact us here ▼

I want this to be a place where we can look at your "quiet, true feelings" together.
When you need to, please reach out from here.

Other articles are also organized
by theme according to their feel.

You might find something
that resonates with how you feel right now.
▼　　　　▼　　　　▼