Feelings just are. They are neither good nor bad. Emotions are a natural reaction to a situation, a person, an environment. We cannot not have feelings. The word “bad” when referring to feelings is a inaccurate description because there is no such thing as a bad feeling. Difficult feelings do ... exist, yes, and some people feel them more deeply than others but that does not make them bad. more

Let’s take feelings one step further. Feelings stem from experience. “Tracing feelings back” means tracing an uncomfortable feeling back to the source: an argument, a disappointment, a change, an event or situation. Doing this allows you keep you feelings in check, helps you learn about your ... triggers and lets you discover unhealthy behavioral patterns you may be in a cycle of repeating. more