Negative Emotions: Use Them or Lose Them

Negative emotions can ruin your day (or week) if they're left unchecked and allowed to outgrow their usefulness. However, just like positive emotions, they do serve an important purpose, so you wouldn't want to get rid of them completely. Here are the ways that negative emotions serve us, how to figure out if they're getting out of control, and what to do if they are.

Negative Emotions: Use Them or Lose Them Negative emotions can ruin your day if they're left unchecked. However, just like positive emotions, they do serve an important purpose. Here are the ways that negative emotions serve us, how to figure out if they're getting out of control, and what to do if they are. READ NOW  READ THESE NEXT Is It Healthy to "Stuff Your Anger" or Ignore It? MORE Do You Experience Anxiety as a Secondary Emotion? MORE Feeling Anxious All The Time? Here's When It's a Problem MORE A DOTDASH BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Healthy Mind newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2017 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.