by Carolyn Thomas ❤️ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
If you were a hippopotamus, wallowing would be comfort behaviour – “rolling about in mud or water to cool down or get relief from insect bites.”
But since you’re a human, wallowing is generally viewed by others as a negative response to coping with dark despair (like hearing a frightening new diagnosis with your name on it). Aren’t we supposed to keep smiling and think positive and just get over it? “NO!” advises Dr. Tina Gilbertson in her Psychology Today column called Three Good Reasons to Wallow in Despair:
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