Mixed Feelings – What They Are and How to Deal with Them

As the British barrister George Carman famously said, “Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul”. Although they’re confusing, they’re also normal. Ambivalence and contradiction are an integral part of the human experience. For example, feeling simultaneously enamored of and irritated by your significant other is normal. We’ve all been there. You don’t have to be going through a particularly tumultuous time in your life for this to happen, either. Having a love-hate relationship with someone or something is so common that the phrase “love-hate relationship” is widely used and understood. Everyone has mixed feelings, as they’re…