There's a little known work called The Presence Process. It's a program developed by Michael Brown after battling with a chronic pain disorder that he claims allowed his body and mind to heal itself. It simply teaches you to SIT in your feelings. When you feel sad, angry, thrilled sit quietly, let it absorb your body and feel it fully. Without agenda, without expectation, let the feelings consume you. They WILL dissipate. It's counterintuitive, but it works.
Most of us resist our feelings, try to replace them with "better" ones or drive them away (temporarily) with substances. This doesn't work, at least not for long. The Presence Process DOES work however.
You can buy the book and work the ten-week program, but I simply invite you try finding a quiet place to sit and breathe and let feeling percolate up and observe the sensation in the body. It won't kill you, in fact in will make you stronger.
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