So what do you do when someone says they want help feeling better, but they really just want you to feel their negative emotions with them?
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Is the correct answer to actually just empathize and get angry/sad/bitter/depressed with them? Spend a few hours trying to improve their mood while they resist? Move on? Honestly don’t know
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The main thing IMO is making someone feel ok for having their emotions. Experience helps a lot so you can sincerely say “I understand” but not necessary. There are many emotions that aren’t “proper” in the public eye. Letting someone know that it was ok goes a long way.
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Examples: Hating your mom for dying. Being relieved your father died. Hating people who are trying to help. Liking/needing abuse. Wanting to kill/destroy things. Etc...
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hmmm perhaps I wasn’t letting them experience Wanting To Be In A Bad Mood
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