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Who can you turn to if it's a little too much?

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Who can you turn to if it's a little too much?

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A lot of energy goes into tough emotions, and funneling that energy into projects, skills, and other positive outlets can help you cope in a productive way.

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Being alone with sad or painful emotions can create an echo chamber where you can’t help but fixate on the emotion.

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Some people find it helpful to write down the negative emotion as they question it. The physical action of throwing away the paper on which you’ve written the negative emotion can assist with letting it go mentally as well.

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Anxiety often takes the shape of “what if” questions. What if they don’t like me? What if I’m not accepted? Etc.

Sadness tends to happen when we focus on things we cannot change such as death or loss.

Anger is the response after being attacked, such as our values.

Happiness is positive thought often around a gain, such as a compliment from a friend or a reward like a promotion at work.

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Emotions should never be bottled up.
Call or go see someone you trust and recount to them what happened. Hearing an opinion other than your own broadens your awareness.
Many people find it helpful to engage in aggressive exercises, such as kickboxing or martial arts, to discharge their feelings. Others meditate and chant to return to a tranquil state of being.
Perform whatever activity is best-suited to you in order to liberate your being from pent-up sentiments.

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Many people find journaling a helpful way to clarify and process tough emotions. Sometimes the difficulty of an emotion is simply feeling unable to express it.
Write down what has happened, what you feel, and the duration and severity of the emotion. Even by organizing these thoughts into an entry, you often begin processing the emotion.

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Wisdom means being able to see past the moment and discern the greater meaning of any given situation. You may not understand it in the beginning, but as time goes by, you’ll begin to see the bigger picture falling into perfect order.

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Negative emotions, like rage, envy or bitterness, tend to spiral out of control, especially immediately after they’ve been triggered. In time, these sorts of emotions can grow like weeds, slowly conditioning the mind to function on detrimental feelings and dominating daily life.

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“Don’t think about how it should be; look at how it is,” Knepper said.

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All feelings are rooted in just three emotions: anger, sadness and fear.