Avoidance of difficult feelings

What experts have said about Avoidance of difficult feelings

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1. Marc BrackettNegativeApr 20, 2026· Huberman Lab Essentials

   Avoiding difficult feelings instead of learning to manage them may undermine resilience.

   “People have to learn how to live with difficult feelings. And if we're going to give excuses to people to, like, you know, they can just, like, I'm overwhelmed by what's happened and not be able to process it and manage it and move forward in their life. We're going to create a generation of very weak people.”

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