EMOTIONAL PAIN
In a situation of emotional distress, you usually have two options: to face
the problem, or not. Processing a problem means you are facing it.
Suppressing the problem means you are not.
There's a big difference between the two.
Processing is to the mind what digesting is to the stomach. If your
digestive system can't handle certain foods, you have to stop eating
them, otherwise you become sick. Similarly, if you find yourself in a
situation where you can't cope, don't just sit there taking it all in.
It's better to say something right there and then. To hold things inside
will not allow you to have a healthy mind.
What you take in will be indigestible and it will be obvious
to others that you are having a problem.
Our ability to cope is hampered by thinking too much about other
people. This causes problems in the mental digestive
system. The best mental 'antacid' is in-depth spiritual study.
This, plus a regular practice of self-awareness, penetrates the mind very
deeply, dislodging emotional pain at its roots. Only then can
emotion be purified, refined, and ultimately transformed.