Do you find it hard to feel unpleasant emotions like sadness and anger because you see them as ‘bad’? Here’s why it’s time to stop judging yourself for your feelings.
But it’s when that judgment leads you to a point where you try to avoid ‘bad’ emotions that it becomes a big problem.
“But that doesn’t mean certain emotions are ‘good’ while others are ‘bad’ – rather the types of emotions that put a smile on our face and feel pleasant direct us to seek out more of the sources of those emotions, while the unpleasant emotions that emerge from other sources give us important information about the world around us.”In this way, your emotions – whether pleasant or unpleasant – are kind of like a guide to help you navigate the world and understand how it’s affecting you.
“It can be useful to think of these emotions in a similar way to physical pain – if we place a hand on a hot hob, the brain will receive pain signals and tell us that this is harmful, so we learn how to cook without burning ourselves. She continues: “If we view ‘bad’ emotions as just that – bad – we can develop unhelpful and harmful coping strategies. We absolutely need the complete range of human emotion so that we can navigate our lives to be as full and fulfilling as possible.”
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