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There is a concept that we can use which has to do with how we talk to ourselves in our own heads. Emotions, both negative and positive come up for us. It is said that emotions that are positivive are based on love and those that are negative and feel bad are from fear. Ultimately there are only two emotions, love and fear. Often we fear the future of dwell on the past in our heads. We have emotions come up within our daily lives and which sometimes do not feel good. We may want these emotions to simply go away. We may even push them down by distracting ourselves or pretending they are not there. But the more we do not accept an emotion we are having, the bigger the emotion has to impact us in order to get our attention. The static or discord from negative emotion will be louder in our being so we notice, and emotion is serving a purpose.

How to Deal with Challenging Emotions as They Come Up