That's the hard choice. Choosing to use strategies like meditation, which takes longer, but is more fulfilling than avoidance through drugs

It would be nice if everyone behaved the way you expected them to. In an ideal world, people would be courteous of others, act responsibly, follow through on promises, do the right thing etc. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. As a result, we can be let down, disappointed or hurt by the actions (or inaction) of others. It is more painful when we are let down by someone we care about. In this scenario, you would be right to be experiencing feelings of frustration

For quite some time in my practice as a Clinical Psychologist, I've observed how some children, as well as adults, seemed to have difficulty describing how they feel, even to the point of not being able to name the emotion and understand how that might feel in their bodies. You can imagine then, that if you don't know how to describe how you feel, it would be incredibly hard to help yourself calm down, or "emotionally regulate". There are many possible reasons why someone may