I started writing this post with a question;
'How do you distinguish between feelings that are real, and those that aren't?'

I mean, what is the difference between sadness/anger/hurt that has an honest reason, and that which comes from being hormonal or stressed or hungry or tired?
Which thoughts are worth following through on, and which ones should be ignored? How am I supposed to trust how I feel?

But as I sat here looking at what I wrote, I realized that I do know the difference.
I can't articulate how, exactly, but on some deep level, I do know the difference between feelings with honesty and integrity behind them, and those stemming from some other issue. Shit, it's easy to forget that.

Man, it's nice when that happens and you figure something out through writing.