Honestly, when I have negative feelings it is really hard for me to get my mind off of them. I need to find things that can drown out all the intrusive thoughts. So I end up doing a lot of the things I talked about in yesterday’s prompt about things I lose myself in. Currently, the best thing I have found is to be writing. On a good day, I write 5,000 words. Most days it is around 2,000. The act of writing, typing, or creating work takes too much brain power for me to be able to think about things I do not want to think about.
To actually cope with the negative feelings, I go to therapy. I hash out my feelings with someone else who will not be offended by what I have to say. I am able to be completely open about what is in my head.
To make it to therapy day, I like to make plans and lists. If I feel negative about how something is going in my life, I make a list. Things I can and can’t change. Then I come up with a few steps I can do right now to move forward.
If I am just unhappy about myself, I let the logical side of my brain loose for awhile and remind myself that I am a person. People make mistakes. As long as we learn and grow, things can change. It is just how we react that matters.
Negative feelings are hard. It is important to both find a way to turn them off for a bit and a path to keep the negative feeling from forming again.
Mother of Trauma 
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