Do You Hold Onto Hurting? - Day 242

Unhappiness has a need to be heard and understood, that’s why people trying to cheer us up is often just no good. If you feel prickly when someone tries to help you to let go, is it that you’re really saying, "No, no you need to know! Poor me is suffering, see my struggle, join me in the pain, let’s relive the agony one more time, then again and again."? Defiance to suggestions as to how you could feel better is a definite sign that you’re wallowing, and you need suggestions more than ever.