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How to acknowledge emotions that contradict your preferred narrative

I keep telling people I am fine with being single but I can feel how much rage is underneath that story and I do not know what to do with it.

Patan
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Maintaining socially acceptable stories often requires suppressing authentic emotional experience that contradicts the preferred image.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.