What's up everybody? This is the Betray, the addicted, and the expert. My name is Brannon and I am the expert.

And I'm Ashland and I was the portrayed.

And I'm Kobe, the recovering addict.

What you're gonna get is three unique perspectives on recovery

and tools for hope and healing.

All right, so I'm a therapist and so I like to talk about feelings.

So we're going to talk about about feelings today.

No, not feelings.

Yeah, exactly.

So let's talk about what is the point of our emotions? why do we have them and then and then talk about how to identify our emotions and get connected into what they are and what they mean and why they're good for us.

And so first question is, I'm kind of putting you guys on the spot here, but why do we have emotions?

What's the point?

What's the function of our emotions? Do you guys know?

No. Tell us.

I think emotions are like, kind of like markers, like indicators of what's happening like what my

thought process is they're like a byproduct of like actions. I think every emotion that I feel is

kind of spawned from from thoughts or situations or just kind of like

indicators as to where I am in my day.

Yeah, so you're spot on.

So our emotions do two things.

They communicate to us, and usually to protect us, but they're communicating something to us, and then our emotions communicate to others.

So we connect through our emotions. We connect through our emotions much more than we do through our words.

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