There is no such thing as being happy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
“
Negative emotions are part of life, and no one escapes
them,” recalls Dr. Stéphanie Hahusseau, author of “
Let your emotions live without guilt or anxiety
” (ed. Odile Jacob).
The psychiatrist also remarks that
"the tyranny of happiness has not always been present
" and pleads in her book not to repress her negative emotions, at the risk of feeling bad momentarily.
A counterproductive repression
It is indeed completely normal to be sad at the loss of a loved one, disappointed not to have had a promotion at work, angry to have been cheated by a loved one, etc.
Trying to relentlessly drive away these emotions with a lot of meditation, letting go and other injunctions to be benevolent, zen and/or positive in all circumstances, above all has the effect of pushing you to exhaustion.
“
The fact of experiencing negative emotions is an inescapable phenomenon of our existence as human beings.
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