Emotional Avoidance

Think You’re the Only One Struggling?

🔥 “Your Pain Isn’t Unique — It’s Human. Here’s Why Running Makes It Worse.” That breakup? The job loss? Getting ghosted by your Tinder match? It’s not life singling you out — it’s just life doing what life does. 📚 A 2020 study in Nature Human Behaviour found we way overestimate our personal misfortune. We tell ourselves, “No one could possibly understand my pain.” Spoiler: you’re not special — you’re just human. And that’s not an insult — that’s freedom. But here’s where you really wreck yourself: you run from the suffering like it’s a serial killer in a horror flick. You bury your head in Instagram, you binge Netflix for hours, or you drown it with booze. 🧠 A 2018 study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology showed that emotional avoidance predicts higher anxiety and depression. You’re not outsmarting your pain — you’re just kicking the can down the road, and trust me: it’ll come back bigger and meaner. 💥 So, stop treating your suffering like an enemy. Face it. Use it. Let it shape you into something unbreakable. Drop a 🗣️ if you’re ready to stop running and actually deal with your shit.