One Small Step for Breast Cancer: Channel Your Emotions in a Healthy Way

If you’re living with breast cancer, your emotions can get big and messy. That’s a typical response to all the challenges you may be facing right now. You’re a human, and humans are supposed to feel many emotions.

You may have heard the term “toxic positivity.” Although trying to find the silver lining may seem like a good thing, it can also cause harm. If you feel like you always have to look on the bright side, it can leave you feeling like it’s not OK to feel all the tough emotions.

Anger, anxiety, and grief are just some of the feelings you might be experiencing. They can be hard to deal with. But holding them inside or trying to push them away can just make them even more intense. There are better ways to cope.

Working with a mental health professional or joining a support group can help you work through your feelings about living with breast cancer.

You can also do things in your day-to-day life to express your feelings. Here are some ideas to channel your emotions in a healthy way.