Dealing with difficult emotions is never easy. For years, I pushed down the feelings I didn’t want to face—anger, sadness, disappointment—thinking that if I ignored them, they would eventually disappear. Spoiler alert: they didn’t. Instead, they found sneaky ways to affect my life, my relationships, and my happiness.
What I’ve learned is that the only way through these heavy emotions is to allow myself to feel them. I give myself permission to sit with the discomfort, to let the tears come if they need to, to feel the weight of whatever emotion is demanding my attention. But here’s the key: I don’t let myself drown in it. I set a time limit. Maybe it’s an hour, maybe it’s a day—just enough time to acknowledge the feeling, but not so much that it takes over my life.
Once that time is up, I make a plan. Any plan. It could be as simple as going for a walk, writing down what I’m grateful for, or setting a small goal for the day. It’s a way to remind myself that I have power and agency, that I can move forward even after feeling low.
Feeling is healing, but it’s about finding the balance—honoring the emotions without letting them control you, and taking small steps forward toward a better place.
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