Negative Emotions Are Healthy too
Hi, I’m Eva, and I created this publication — The Venting Machine, back in November 2020. It’s still small in terms of fellowship, yet we’re a proud community of writers.
What connects all of us is the need to let it out.
Life happens. It’s not all rainbows and unicorns out there. People get angry all the time, which is normal. What is important is what we do with the anger.
We live in a world where it seems like all our efforts are directed towards building and maintaining positive emotions: Joy, Gratitude, Serenity, Interest, Hope, Pride, Amusement, Inspiration, Awe, Love. Nothing wrong with that.
In comparison, people tend to avoid the negative emotions that include Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Rage, Loneliness, Melancholy, Annoyance, most likely because they don’t know how to deal with them. As children, my generation and possibly your generation too, if you’re older, were educated to shy away and avoid these emotions.
We were told to “don’t be afraid, because we’re big girls or boys,” which often translated into feelings of shame if we allowed ourselves to feel worried. Do you remember that showing anger was often seen as inappropriate because it’s not nice to kick, hit or scream, even though that was the only way we could…
