Uncomfortable? Be With It
Not “deal with it” and sluff it off definantly. BE with it. Acknowledge it.
Most people are not brave enough to just be, sans bullshit.
No running. No denying. No overdoing. No aversion. Just being with it.
An uncomfortable emotion, thought, or physical sensation arises? Guess what? Obvious answer: it’s there.
You can run, you can hide, you can deny and play pretend. But you can also be courageous and look right at it as a messenger, saying, “Oh. Hey. Dang, this hurts. This is uncofrtable. I would rather do anything than acknowledge you. But if I must, what are you hear to tell me?”
Anthropromorphizing your pain might seem ridiculous or like you’re back to playing pretend like a child. It also can be totally freeing and many modern psuchotheraposts do this with adult clients regularly.
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