What I do when I feel sad.

And inside look into my inner world...

Today I woke up sad.

For no reason. Nothing has changed, nothing happened. I am plain and simply sad.
And honestly, it annoys me a little. Because it’s the kind of sadness that makes it hard to respond to messages or do anything productive with my life.

And at the same time, it is an interesting experience.
Because I usually don’t feel sad. I have done a lot of inner work to be in a state of inner balance as much as possible. And because of that I rarely feel those things that we would label as “negative emotions”.

But when they come… I am here for it, baby!

Here’s how I deal with sadness:

Whenever I’m sad, I remind myself that this feeling is super temporary. It will go just as suddenly as it came. There is no reason for me to figure it out or do something about it. I just feel it and don’t attach any stories to it. The “not attaching any story to it” part is super important. Because I used to make my feelings mean something about me. I would try to explain them (with the hope that if my mind can label it then it will disappear, but this is not how it works.)

Today I am very strict with myself when it comes to feeling hard feelings.
Because it is SO easy to just create stories in the head, and it is much harder to feel the emotion without doing anything about it.

Here’s what I did to make myself feel better:

• I went out.

• Sat in the sunshine.

• Journaled.

• Talked to mom.

And now… I will take it one step at a time. And allow the sadness to leave just as gently as it came. There is truly no need to overthink it.

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Nata