No, you don’t always have to confront your feelings in the moment : NPR

No, you don’t always have to confront your feelings right away

February 6, 20255:00 AM ET, By Marielle Segarra, Malaka Gharib
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An illustration shows various faces, almost like masks, making different expressions across a spectrum of emotions, ranging from angry to happy to sad; each mask is a different color, red, yellow, and purple, all against a gray backdrop.

“All emotions, even the ‘bad’ ones, provide us with information that can be useful,” says psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross, author of the book Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You.

Let’s say you’ve gone through a breakup. You’re heartbroken, confused and angry. What do you do with all those feelings? That’s up to you. You have the power to “turn the intensity up or down on an emotional response” in a way that’s useful to you, says psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross, author of a new book published this week, Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You.

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