4 Habits of Emotionally Healthy People

Most people react to painful emotions in one of two ways: <ol> <li>Escape. We try to avoid or outrun our difficult feelings by distracting ourselves — often with something like social media or food. At the extreme end of this strategy, some people are so hell-bent on avoiding difficult feelings that they keep themselves in a constant state of busyness (and stress) so that they never have a minute to be alone with their thoughts and feelings. This is one of the underlying causes of burnout you rarely hear anyone talk about.</li> <li>Fix. The other way we tend to react to difficult feelings is to try and fix them and make them go away. Maybe you immediately start telling yourself why it’s silly to feel the way you do — essentially trying to argue your way out of a painful feeling. Or maybe you go right to your “tool belt” of coping strategies and start deep breathing the second you feel anxious or irritated. Or perhaps your go-to fix-it strategy is reassurance-seeking — outsourcing your emotional struggles to someone else.</li> </ol> <a href="https://nickwignall.medium.com/4-habits-of-emotionally-healthy-people-70ae996f6be2">Read More</a>