How to Heal and Release Negative Emotions With Ease and Grace

Healing Negative Emotions

Dealing with your negative emotions is an extremely daunting task. While providing psychological support I often notice that some get washed away in the storm, forget their identity and assume the character of the negative emotion. They hurt themselves or lash out at the world in general. They think that by catharsis they will feel better. However, raw release of negativity ends up causing harm – both to the individual experiencing it and others.

There are others who are so scared of negative emotions that they constantly deny these feelings. They are continuously searching for quick relief through addictions, fake ideologies, money, sexual adventures and flamboyance, and thereby deceive themselves and others into believing that they are happy. In the long run, this defense crumbles and there is a sudden resurgence of the denied emotion.

   Society perceives negative emotions as a sign of weakness, as a sign of immorality or disease. These widespread faulty beliefs are responsible for difficulties that individuals experience in handling negative feelings. People are so ashamed of owning up these feelings that they are unable to develop a pathway to transcend it. Negative emotions are neither a sign of psychological disorder nor an indication of inner depravity. These emotions are a normal and natural signal that tells us there is something wrong. In my experience I often find that if we understand this signal and take corrective steps we can transcend the negative. Transcendence neither implies embracing nor denying the negative emotion. It can be achieved by self-observation, building empathy and expression.

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