Dealing with emotional pain. A thought.

It is very sad to me that a lot of the posts on this thread are about emotional pain. Heartbreak. Rejection. There's a lot of hurt out there. My heart goes out to anyone out there right now trying to deal with this. I've been there, and know that sometimes the pain is insurmountable.

If that is where you are right now, know that it is OK to feel miserable. Its OK to feel angry. It's OK to grieve whatever it is that you have lost.

Why, oh why, must it be so painful?

Hindsight gives an interesting perspective. Maybe the pain is there to promote change?

After all, physical pain is there to prompt a change in behaviour. When you hurt yourself, your body needs rest to recover. The pain tells you to take things easy. It promotes rest. It causes a change in behaviour.

So I wonder. Is emotional pain our minds trying to tell us that something needs to change. That we need to alter our behaviour? I know in my case the pain started getting better when I made the choice to start doing things differently. 

Confronting ourselves and our choices can be immensely painful in itself. So I can understand it is not for everyone. But what about you? Are you ready to listen to what your pain is trying to tell you about yourself?