What helps you when you experience negative emotions?
Hello everyone! Hope you are safe 
I am happy to welcome you here, to share about something everyone can experience due to personal situations or conditions: negative emotions.
Negative emotions are an inevitable part of life and something that we need to experience in order to have a full, rich life. But sometimes they are overwhelming and when they last for long or are really intense, it can be necessary to learn how to cope not to drown in them.
What helps you better when you experience negative emotions? What causes your negative emotions to happen?In what way do negative emotions make things more difficult for you?
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@LoveMyRotty
as you correctly stated, negative emotions are inevitable. they're simply a part of life. without the drops, the peaks wouldn't seem so high.
i don't really handle negative emotions, I simply let them pass. i put things in perspective. it's just an hour of my day, or maybe a week of my year, or a month of my life. it's not the last feeling I'll experience, and there will be better days.
hopefully more people can see it the way I see it, and overcome their negative emotions more easily.
sending love
happy new year x
@ithinktheresmorethanthis
Hello! Thank you for your post!
Glad to hear you have your own way to face them and that it works!
Cheers!
@LoveMyRotty
What helps you better when you experience negative emotions?
I experienced a death in this family this year two days before Christmas (My Mother in Law) and I was unable to sleep for a couple of days. Same thinng happened with my Husband. We ended up listening to some Music, we both worked out (We have an elliptcal) and I meditated and we were finally able to get the sleep we needed before it became a crisis. What causes your negative emotions to happen?
My negative Emotions take over when I dont redirect my thoughts to something positive. She had a stroke in the Hospital after going into cardiac arrest and being brought back. It said clearly in her Living Will if the quality of her life was going to be poor she would not have wanted to live like that. The Doctor said she would have been paralyzed, would have had to live in a Rehab Center and wouldnt ever be able to drive again. She would never have accepted those conditions so it is best for her to be at peace. We will miss her, but what is best for her is what mattered.In what way do negative emotions make things more difficult for you?
I am Schizoaffective and the thought disorder part of it combined with the depression result in negative thoughts putting me in trouble fast.
@Breezy2013 I am so sorry for your loss. If you need anything please reach out to me.
@Breezy2013
Hello Breezy2013, sorry for your loss.
It's good that you can share with your husband same coping mechanism to face negative emotions during difficult moments, it sounds really positive.
You are doing your best even when it feels so challenging, that's something you can be proud of!
@Breezy2013
I can only imagine how hard that must have been for you. I am impressed with your efforts to cope using music and exercise on the eliptical. I am also so sorry for your loss.
@Breezy2013- so sorry for your loss. The way you and your husband worked out how important quality of life mattered to your mother-in-law, was a beautiful sharing. And putting positivity, music and physical exercise first reclaims health-kudos. May this new year be a continued effort towards optimal health.
What helps you better when you experience negative emotions?
Being able to come up solutions to deal with a situation, having help from others. What causes your negative emotions to happen?
Negative symptoms, scary things, losing people, etc.In what way do negative emotions make things more difficult for you?
Depending on what they are they can make sleep or focus difficult.
@AffyAvo
Hello Affy, thanks for sharing!
I agree that it also depends on what the negative emotions are rooted into.
Be well, take care!