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baggage

Date: Apr 08 2010

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“It’s my baggage, it goes everywhere I go and it makes my life a little hard sometimes.”

- Jason on his EXTREME amount of emotional baggage.

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Definition

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ideas and memories from the past that are difficult to forget and make life harder

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You’re probably used to talking about baggage when you travel. But in addition to the suitcases and backpacks you bring with you when you go, you are also carrying another kind of baggage, emotional baggage.

Baggage is a slang term that refers to ideas and memories from the past that weigh you down. When you experienced something hard in life, it can leave you with some baggage. People often have baggage from heartbreaking relationships or disagreements with their family.

Just as it’s hard to walk through an airport with a lot of bags, it’s hard to go through life with a lot of baggage. Mason tells Jason that he should give up his baggage and have fun with his friends. Jason’s baggage is pretty extreme—some of it dates back to his childhood. The photo Jason carries of his ex-girlfriend and the feelings he carries for her in his heart are not going to help him on dates. He needs to unload his baggage and start fresh.

Have you ever had to let go of some emotional baggage? How did you do it?

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“He came back from the war with a lot of baggage. He saw a lot of terrible stuff there.”

“She still has a lot of baggage from her last relationship. It might not be a good idea to date her yet.”

“Even though I’m in my 30s, I’m still working through a lot of childhood baggage from my troubled youth.”

Winners

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	burden by _Sasha_
	past experience that have negative effect to oneself by periwinkle.chic
	some kind of hardship or burden. by panda123
	baggage=sensetive emotions by nour_2
	It´s something which drag us down and which is only a problem for us. by Aneet

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euden-d

Bhutan

I found it so hard to carry the baggages, so I unloaded them. I love this light feeling!

euden-d

Bhutan

Sad memories from the past.

ala4fadeel

Sudan

I think it is kinda rare to find some one without baggage nowadays!

hiba_m

Syrian Arab Republic

please what is the meaning of "kinda and "bro-down"

Rio choi

South Korea

I have a lot of baggage from my friend.

jclear228

South Korea

There was something I was sooo eager to do today, but it turns out that I don't deserve to do it. It would be such a huge baggage in my life. I want to give up this baggage and feel better.

jclear228

South Korea

kinda= kind of. I'm wondering what bro-down means, too, actually. Is there anybody knows it?

luiz29

Brazil

why so serious?

jordi001

United Kingdom

It might look easy to give up all these sad memories – baggage, but sometimes its quite difficult. But we have to be strong and every day we should start a new day with positive mind.

nonstop07

Turkey

i have lots of baggage my previous life. but i do not have to forget anyting because i take a lesson my mistake so that i should not do same mistake.

foufou363363

Lebanon

I still have a lot of baggage from my previous work. I have worked for the same company for 20 years, i still have a lot of memories ,bad and good. I should try to forget about the past and start fresh, but it's very difficult to do it. It will take a long time.