Daily Productive Sharing 1137 - How to Face Sadness

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How can we deal with feelings of sadness? Beth Kurland suggests facing these emotions head-on and approaching them from different perspectives:

1. Sadness is inevitable; we shouldn’t try to escape it or let it define who we are.
2. Feeling sadness itself isn’t a problem—the key lies in how we handle it, which can either be helpful or harmful.
3. When feeling sad, start with the "anchor perspective" by finding a safe space to fully experience your emotions.
4. Approach sadness with the "child perspective," being curious about what it’s trying to tell us and how it wants us to engage with it.
5. Curiosity helps us focus on our inner experiences with kindness rather than judgment, while maintaining enough distance to avoid being overwhelmed by the emotion.
6. Many people think of themselves as isolated waves, forgetting that each wave is part of a vast, interconnected ocean.

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如何处理自己的悲伤情绪？Beth Kurland 建议我们正视这些情绪，可以从不同的视角来面对这些情绪：

1. 悲伤在所难免，我们不要试着从这种情绪中逃避，不要因为这些情绪而定义自己；
2. 感到悲伤本身并不是问题，关键在于你如何处理悲伤，这可能是有帮助的，也可能是有害的。
3. 当我们感到悲伤时，可以尝试以“锚点视角”开始，寻找一个安全的空间去感受我们的情绪。
4. 以“孩童视角”对悲伤怀有好奇心，可以倾听悲伤想告诉我们的内容，以及它希望我们以怎样的方式与它相处。
5. 好奇心可以帮助我们以友善而非评判的态度关注内在发生的事情，并保持足够的距离，不至于被情绪完全吞没。
6. 很多人往往认为自己只是孤立的一朵浪花，却忘了浪花其实是浩瀚、互联大海的一部分。

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