Dodging Emotions: The Help That Harms | Psychology Today.
Last week was super emotional around my house and I’m always surprised to find myself reverting to behaviors which undermine healing and prevent progress toward compromise and resolution. During times of emotional stress and conflict, it’s difficult to suppress emotions we have failed to address.
This article clarifies many of the things we already know about avoiding the truth about out emotions. It helped me take a moment to pause and reflect on how I was really feeling last week.
Maybe you should take a few moments to do the same…