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The Verywell Mind Podcast’s “Friday Fix” is a short episode that features a quick, actionable tip or exercise to help you manage a specific mental health issue or concern.
Sometimes, people assume that experiencing anuncomfortable emotion, likesadnessoranxiety, is a sign of weakness. That’s not true.
In fact, allowing yourself to fully experience an uncomfortable emotion is a sign of strength, not weakness. It’s easier to push your feelings aside or pretend they don’t exist, rather than work through them.
There are lots of ways to work through tough feelings—some are healthier than others. Understanding how to work through emotions and when to shift youremotional stateis key to mental strength.
You can’t control all the things in your environment that may cause your anxiety to spike or that may cause you to experience sadness. But, you can control how you respond to those things.
There are many things you can do to take care of yourself when you’re dealing with difficult feelings. Developing a betterunderstanding of yourselfand your emotions can allow you to embrace your feelings when it’s helpful to do so and shift your emotional state when those feelings are trying to keep you stuck in a place of pain.
On today’s episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I share how to stay mentally strong when you’re experiencing uncomfortable feelings. I explain how to recognize the difference between thoughts, feelings, and behavior (something people often get confused in my therapy office) and how to manage painful feelings in a healthy way.
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