{"id":114011,"date":"2023-09-26T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=114011"},"modified":"2023-09-29T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:30:04","slug":"dealing-with-emotional-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dealing-with-emotional-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Lousy Ways of Dealing With Emotional Pain: Bottling &#038; Brooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you ignore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/healing-emotional-pain-eckhart-tolle-emotions\/\">emotional pain<\/a>? Do you wallow in it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan David explains that we all have narratives in our minds that make us feel certain ways. Sometimes, they cause pain. She discusses two unhealthy responses to these controlling narratives: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/bottling-emotions\/\">bottling emotions<\/a> and brooding over emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to understand these two ways of dealing with emotional pain and why they only cause more trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dealing-with-emotional-pain\">Dealing With Emotional Pain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your brain often makes mistakes when interpreting meaning from sensory information\u2014and, because it relies on these faulty interpretations to form narratives, the <strong>narratives it creates&nbsp;don\u2019t always reflect objective reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narratives deliver information through an <strong>internal stream of consciousness that constantly<\/strong> <strong>fills your mind with thoughts, associated memories, and emotions<\/strong>. When you reflect on these thoughts, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-inner-voice\/\">inner voice<\/a> also drives you to judge <em>yourself <\/em>through the lens of your narratives. David says these self-judgments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-are-emotions-created\/\">create emotions<\/a> of inadequacy and frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you feel negative emotions about an event, past or present, you may be tempted to use one of two common\u2014but unhelpful\u2014methods of dealing with emotional pain: bottling and brooding. We\u2019ll explore each method and explain David\u2019s reasoning for why both methods fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-bottling-emotions\">#1: Bottling Emotions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottlers attempt to avoid feeling or acknowledging negative emotions that arise from their narratives<\/strong>. They believe only weak people are affected by emotions and choose to reject them. David explains that you can ignore your emotions temporarily, but they\u2019ll grow stronger as you push them away\u2014until they eventually explode. For example, after many months of bottling hurt at your spouse\u2019s tendency to forget important events, you unexpectedly blow up at them for forgetting to pick up garlic at the store as you asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, <strong>Bottlers miss out on the ways emotions can be valuable.<\/strong> Remember that your emotions not only help you avoid danger, but they can also allow you to thrive. For example, working a dead-end job might frustrate you because you believe the narrative that you deserve more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/fulfilling-work\/\">fulfilling work<\/a>. <em>Bottling <\/em>that frustration so that you don\u2019t feel daily discomfort can also leave you unmotivated to find something better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#2: Brooding Over Emotions&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brooders<\/strong> <strong>ruminate on their narratives and negative emotions rather than bottling them.<\/strong> They often fixate on past negative experiences, repeatedly reliving the emotions associated with those events. These emotions and experiences can range from traumatic (hating a drunk driver who caused your long-term injury) to annoying (complaining to your spouse about a coworker\u2019s irritating habit). David says that those who brood in one<em> <\/em>area likely do so in many other<em> <\/em>areas of life, using brooding as a general approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-negative-emotions\/\">handling negative emotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David says that <strong>Brooders often believe they\u2019re working through their emotions<\/strong> in a healthy way by thinking about them over and over. However, the strategy of brooding never moves past an eternal loop of \u201cthink about it some more,\u201d which only intensifies the negative emotions and takes up mental space you could otherwise use to improve your life. Without a way to move on from painful emotions, merely thinking about<em> <\/em>them can\u2019t free you from<em> <\/em>them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Other Motivations for Brooding<\/strong><br><br>Although David describes brooding as a strategy people use to try and work through their emotions about an event, research shows that the reasons for brooding may be a bit more nuanced.<br><br>First, in some cases, people aren\u2019t purposely ruminating on past experiences. People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) <em>do<\/em> revisit traumatic events and emotions from the past, but they do so <em>involuntarily<\/em>. ACT\u2019s focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/accepting-your-emotions\/\">accepting your emotions<\/a> can help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2212144719302960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleviate these symptoms<\/a>\u2014suggesting that ACT is helpful whether or not your brooding is deliberate.<br><br>Second, research shows that not everyone broods because they think doing so will help them work through their emotions. Instead, some choose this strategy because they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.5127\/jep.038513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not sure how to feel about an event.<\/a> Others brood over emotions that aren\u2019t clearly attached to an event in an effort to understand what caused<em> <\/em>them.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ignore emotional pain? Do you wallow in it? 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