Mental Health: How to Accept Your Emotional Pain, Without Judgment by Holly Brown MFT


Mental Health: How to Accept Your Emotional Pain, Without Judgment

We're harder on ourselves when things feel wrong emotionally than we are when we have a physical ailment. We're allowed to take it easy, for example, when we've sprained an ankle, but not when we're just feeling sensitive or raw. That's because we judge our emotional suffering differently than we judge the physical. With the physical, we understand that certain things are objectively painful or uncomfortable.

We need to recognize that our emotional pain is real and legitimate and deserves to be attended to, just like physical pain. Whatever we feel is OK; in fact, it's good information. It all comes down to what we do with that information.

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Sheryl Gould
hollybrownMFT this is so well said. So important to go be us this self-compassion! Thank you! Good for me to remember today!
Holly Brown MFT
That's part of why I like writing these--so I can remember, too!
Molly Laird
beyond important. I need to remember to care for myself like I care for the ones I love. Thank you
Holly Brown MFT
You're welcome! Thanks for reading!

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