What If Your Emotional Pain Is Trying to Protect You?

I run from pain all the time. It’s what happens when you live with pain all the time. And you’ll never hear me say that the pain of bipolar is a “gift.” But emotional pain, and even physical pain, can sometimes have a purpose. Emotional pain, especially, can be your brain’s way of trying to protect you or, at the very least, communicate with you.

In this piece, we’ll look at what emotional pain and physical pain may be trying to tell you, how to listen without gaslighting yourself, and how that kind of listening can sometimes soften the pain, even when it doesn’t disappear.

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Emotional Pain Isn’t Just Misery; It’s a Message

We are all familiar with emotional pain. Whether it’s…