Why disregard negative emotions?
Written March 2015. For some reason when I made an edit to this piece it reposted it instead of updating the older post. I see it as a sign it needs to be in the forefront. Too often we are shunned from speaking on negative feelings regarding situations or people. I'm not sure where this excerpt came from but it pretty much sums up why it is not healthy to ignore negative emotions. I have tried on many occasins to explain this subject matter but most feel they should not speak on anything negative. All it takes is one sentence from this piece to give sound reasoning to support the topic which is " Without feeling the emotional pain that inevitably arises from various setbacks in our lives, we will never be driven to change things for the better for ourselves and for others. " In no way is this saying just be a Debbie Downer or walk around complaining all the time, what it is saying is those negative emotions can drive us more than set us back. It reminds me of the sayi
