FromĀ Big Think: According to new research, habitually accepting negative emotions rather than criticizing or suppressingĀ them positively impacts ourĀ long-term psychological health.
“There is a lot more to learn about which strategies are most helpful when used for or on behalf of other people (vs. ourselves). Thereās good reason to expect that emotional acceptance might be particularly helpful to employ when someone else is upset, compared to strategies that hinge upon the individual āfeeling better.ā When people are comfortable feeling unpleasant emotions, it can be quite invalidating to have other people (even close friends) try to get them to ācheer upā, ā look on the bright sideā and so forth.”