What would happen if instead of reaching for something to make us feel better, we simply made the choice to get better at feeling?
Isn't it interesting that we believe our mood altering (food, alcohol, drugs, tv, social media, etc) addictions help us feel better, when the truth is these vices make us feel less? They numb our senses, sometimes even our common sense.
The only way to truly feel better, is to actually FEEL.
Everything.
The good, the bad, and the really ugly. The shit we've shoved down and buried because it hurts so friggin' much!
Now, why the heck would we want to feel all that crap? Because it's like sewage to our souls. It sits there and ferments, creating a sludge that affects, not only the way we feel about ourselves and our lives, but our physical and psychological well-being. Carrying this muck around inside us clogs our proficiency to live life to the fullest and be genuinely happy.
Wanna truly feel better? Then just sit and allow those buried feelings to rise up. Give them permission and space to formulate. Feel them, cry them, scream them as they move on through and out. Once they are expressed, we're no longer carrying them around, and as a result, we become lighter and lighter - more calm, more peaceful, more conscious, more alive! This is how we master feeling better in the true sense of the term.
Then as we move forward in our lives, rather than avoidance, we can simply feel what we feel, when we feel it.