🎃 Ghosted by Your Feelings? How to Handle the Emotional Hauntings of Halloween

Boo! 👻

It’s that time of year again—when skeletons come out of closets (literally), everything smells like pumpkin spice, and pretending to be someone else is totally encouraged. But while the fake cobwebs and candy bowls are easy to clean up, the emotional ghosts hanging around? Not so much.

At ABC Counseling, we love Halloween for its creativity and laughter—but it’s also the perfect time to talk about the ways fear, masks, and ghosts can show up in our emotional lives.

👻 The Ghosts We Don’t Talk About

We all have emotional “ghosts.” Maybe it’s that relationship that ended badly, the self-doubt that won’t stop whispering “you’re not enough,” or a past version of you that still pops up with regret. Halloween reminds us that facing what’s haunting us is way less scary than pretending it’s not there.

In therapy, that might look like:

• Naming what you’ve been avoiding.

• Giving space to the feelings you’ve buried.

• Learning that vulnerability doesn’t bite.

🎭 The Masks We Wear

Costumes are fun… until they’re not. Many of us wear emotional masks every day—“I’m fine,” “I’ve got it handled,” “Nothing bothers me.” Therapy helps you take off the mask safely, to figure out who you are underneath and what you actually need. (Spoiler: it’s usually not more candy.)

🕯️ Facing the Fear

Halloween is all about fear—but in counseling, we see fear as a signal, not a sentence. It tells us what matters most. Whether it’s fear of rejection, failure, or change, learning to sit with it—without running away—can transform fear into insight.

🕸️ Treat Yourself

If you’re feeling a little haunted by your own thoughts, it might be time to call in some ghostbusters (aka, your friendly neighborhood therapists at ABC Counseling). We’re here to help you unpack the cobwebs, shine a flashlight into the dark corners, and discover that what’s hiding there isn’t so scary after all.

So go ahead—light the jack-o-lantern, eat the good candy first, and remember: even the ghosts get therapy sometimes.

🧡 Happy Halloween from the team at ABC Counseling Inc. — where we believe healing doesn’t have to be horrifying.