Not Every Feeling Is Asking to Be Fixed

Somewhere along the way, we became deeply uncomfortable with simply feeling things.

Sad?

Let’s fix that.

Angry?

Regulate.

Anxious?

Breathe.

Overwhelmed?

Ground yourself.

Frustrated?

Journal about it.

Grieving?

Here’s a meditation.

And none of those tools are inherently bad.

Sometimes they’re exactly what we need.

But I wonder what happens when every uncomfortable human emotion immediately becomes a problem requiring an intervention.

What if sometimes…