When we are dealing with very distressing situations, we may feel that emotional pain is constant, endless, and unbearable. We feel stuck in it. We lose sight of the fact that we experience it in “waves” and there are periods of relief from the worst of it. A “bad day” is more often a series of painful episodes than a day of unrelenting emotional agony. These three qualities of emotional distress are helpful to keep in mind… read more…