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The Importance of Negative Emotions

It’s part of the human experience.

Hiccupsandall
Ascent Publication
6 min readMay 8, 2020

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During times of uncertainty, people as a whole are consumed with the negative emotions of anxiety, doubt, and depression. Being stuck at home with nothing to focus on but our inner thoughts brings a lot of them to the surface.

In any normal situation, we’d be drowning our thoughts in distractions. Usually, Netflix serves to keep our minds busy, but now there’s nothing to watch because you’ve literally seen it all.

We are consumed with insecurity and nerves all too often. We try to push them down they return tenfold. It’s like an everlasting, painful cycle.

A cycle that we wish could stop but can’t. Right?

The truth to this “never-ending” cycle is that there is a way out. And that’s through wholeheartedly experiencing the negativity.

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Outlining the Issue

Here’s the deal. Our ego, which you can read about here, has one purpose to us: protection. According to psychology, ego is not simply self-esteem. Ego is what weighs the reality around us and gives the first impression.

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