Tips for Managing Intense, Negative Feelings

Tips for Managing Intense, Negative Feelings

7 Tips for Managing Intense, Negative Feelings

Practically Possible ways to Manage Negative Feelings

1. Try to figure out what is causing you to feel so awful, ashamed, or down.

2. Talk to someone you think will understand.

3. Identify and accept the feelings that you have (They’re not right or wrong … it’s simply how you feel right now.)

4. Express your feelings in a safe, non-threatening way.

5. Related to this, think of ways to manage them effectively so that you don’t feel quite so bad, and so completely overwhelmed.

6. Try to get some space, or a change of scenery.

7. Avoid being with people who demand too much from you (especially those who drain you emotionally.)