When you experience disappointment, fear or anger, do you immediately want to tell others about it? It’s normal to seek solace by sharing negative experiences, but it often simply deepens discontent. Recounting stories of heartache, misfortune or injustice feeds the fire that makes you feel bad. This energy is lodged in your body, strengthening unwanted neural pathways and increasing the likelihood that you will feel the same way in the future. There is a far healthier alternative: face the feelings, stay with them without resisting, distracting yourself or arguing and watch as the inevitable happens…
They fade away.
