If you’re upset because you’re lost in self-judgment or are feeling isolated from others, it will be much harder for you to be mindful of your painful emotions. If you are able to calm and soothe your feelings by giving yourself kindness or by putting things into the larger human perspective, however, you can give yourself the space needed to break out of your melodrama, and therefore your suffering. Realizing that you’re overreacting isn’t so difficult when you feel cared for and connected.
