“Pain is Like a Gaseous Substance…”

“Our emotional suffering is caused by our desire for things to be other than they are.

The more we resist the fact of what is happening right now, the more we suffer.

Pain is like a gaseous substance. If you allow it to just be there, freely, it will eventually dissipate on its own.

If you fight and resist the pain, however, walling it into a confined space, the pressure will grow and grow until there is an explosion.”

Neff, Kristin. (2011). Self-Compassion: Stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind. New York, NY: Harper Collins. P. 94.