4 Habits of Emotionally Healthy People

<p>Most people react to painful emotions in one of two ways:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Escape.</strong>&nbsp;We try to avoid or outrun our difficult feelings by distracting ourselves &mdash; 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><strong>Fix.</strong>&nbsp;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&rsquo;s silly to feel the way you do &mdash; essentially trying to argue your way out of a painful feeling. Or maybe you go right to your &ldquo;tool belt&rdquo; 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 &mdash; outsourcing your emotional struggles to someone else.</li> </ol> <p>While these strategies of escape and fix &ldquo;work&rdquo; in the short term &mdash; i.e. they give some temporary relief &mdash; they make difficult emotions harder to manage in the long term.</p> <p>And the reason is pretty straightforward:</p> <p><a href="https://nickwignall.medium.com/4-habits-of-emotionally-healthy-people-70ae996f6be2"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>