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4 Ways to Heal Yourself From Emotional Suffering
How not to get overwhelmed while healing yourself
Four years ago I was borderline depressed. I had anxiety issues, and I used binge-watching and binge-eating as my defense mechanisms — only to distract myself from emotional suffering. Guess what? That didn’t last long.
Eventually, I had to face my emotions, I had to make peace with my suffering, and I had to heal myself from whatever wrong happened in my life.
Suffering is one of life’s truths. Everyone suffers from one thing or the other.
But here’s the catch. There’s a distinction between pain and suffering. Pain is inevitable.
If I punch you in your chest, your chest will hurt. You will feel pain. But suffering is optional. If you carry this shame of being punched throughout your life, that’s on you.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
We all undergo emotional pain sometime in our life. Maybe someone close to you died, or maybe someone cheated on you, someone betrayed you, or maybe you lost something valuable in life.
The causes could vary, but all these results in the same outcome — emotional pain.