Are You a Prisoner of Your Past? How to Break Free from the Chains of Negative Emotions
Witness And Detach From Negative Emotions
“The more capacity one has for an experience, the more tolerable the experience is, and the easier it is to remain a witness to it in a steady manner.” — Raja Selvam
I want to ask you a question so simple that you may have overlooked asking it yourself: how do you experience negative emotions?
Do you get curious about them?
Do you make time to sit and process the feelings?
Or do you distract yourself with activities such as scrolling through social media, socializing, binge-watching TV shows, etc.?
Now, you might think: who wants to process negative emotions? After all, you’re likely to experience many of them throughout the day, and it’s a waste of time to process them. I completely understand your concern; however, if you don’t make the time to make peace with your negative emotions, you are rejecting yourself.
Allow me to expand on this further. Until you develop the wisdom to process your difficult emotions, your life will be fuelled by the suppression of negative…
