Title: How Negative Emotions Affect Us and How to Embrace Them
Headings: How Negative Emotions Affect Us
How Negative Emotions Affect Us
Managing Negative Emotions
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Negative Emotions vs. Positive Emotions
How Do Negative Emotions Affect Us?
Negative Emotions Can Cause Stress
They Also Provide Information
Even Positive Emotions Have Downsides
Strategies for Managing Negative Emotions
Tears
Hope
Additional Strategies
Best Possible Self Exercise
Gratitude Letter or Visit
Taking a Mental Health Day

Content: Managing Negative Emotions
The idea of "managing" negative emotions is a complex one. It doesn't mean avoiding them— avoidance coping is actually a form of coping that attempts to do this, and it can often backfire. 1 ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ It also doesn't mean letting these negative emotions wreak havoc on your life, your relationships, and your stress levels. Unmanaged anger, for example, can compel us to destroy relationships if we allow it to. Managing negative emotions is more about embracing the fact that we are feeling them, determining why we are feeling this way, and allowing ourselves to receive the messages that they are sending us before we release them and move forward. Yes, that statement may sound a little odd, but our emotions are definitely designed to be messengers to tell us something. These messages can be very valuable if we listen. Managing negative emotions also means not allowing them to overrun us. We can keep them under control without denying that we are feeling them. Get Advice From the The Verywell Mind Podcast
Hosted by Editor-in-Chief and therapist Amy Morin, LCSW, this episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast shares how you can learn to tolerate uncomfortable emotions.