Validating feelings Is every feeling valid? What does validation mean in this context? Is there a proper way to react to someone’s feelings? This is what Tuuli is attempting to teach us with her article. I strongly suggest that you read the article first by following this link: A Step by Step Guide to Validating Emotions and Feelings | Tuuli Vahtra To start off, in Tuuli’s own words, validating would be “giving another person a direct message that their experience is understandable, real, and logical, given what happened”. Some of the benefits would be a reduction of emotional pain and the feeling of not being alone anymore. She then proceeds to give us some tips on what kind of sentence to use when validating someone’s emotions, such as “Your feelings make total sense”, and “How can I support you in this situation?”. Tuuli also mentions an often-forgotten aspect of this subject: what validating does not mean. It does not mean that you have to agree to...