What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

Which one fear, anger, & loneliness….there are more as the prompt put it “negative feelings” than I care to list…. these are the three that came to mind (of course I’m going to use cartoons and definitions ):

Fear:

According to online Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Synonyms of fear

1a.

:an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger

b(1) : an instance of this emotion

(2) : a state marked by this emotion

So my coping strategies is pause, breathe, look at it for what it is, find my happy place, what is supporting it….the whys if you will….

Anger

anger

1 of 2

noun

an·​ger ˈaŋ-gər 

plural angers

Synonyms of anger

1. : a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism (see ANTAGONISM sense 1b)

You could hear the anger in his voice.She found it hard to control her anger.His mind had teemed with a hundred hurts and angers.—Irving Wallace

2 : a threatening or violent appearance or state : RAGE sense 2the sea’s anger

Coping mechanism:

1. Think to yourself ‘I’m feeling really angry right now’ without trying to justify it or understand why. … 
2. Take yourself out of the situation. … 
3. Use a code word for when you feel angry. … 
4. Focus on what’s around you. … 
5. Focus on your breath. … 
6. Use a grounding object.

Loneliness had to look under lonely in the Webster online:

lonely

adjective

lone·​ly ˈlōn-lē 

lonelier; loneliest

Synonyms of lonely

1

a : being without company : LONEtoo many lonely nights at home

b : cut off from others : SOLITARYthe train stopped frequently at lonelylittle stations—Robert Hichens

2 : not frequented by human beings : DESOLATEa lonely spot in the woods

3 : sad from being alone : LONESOMEHe was feeling lonely without his wife and children.

4 : producing a feeling of bleakness or desolationit’s a lonely thing to be a champion—G. B. Shaw

loneliness 

ˈlōn-lē-nəs 

 noun

Ok, so void of any clinical application or implications and a general answer for what I do:

I get my azz up and out and get me some business….lol

That’s it, that’s all y’all…lol

It’s Friday here in the Midwest, brisk and sunny…. I am going to go and clean my yard….what are you doing today, enjoy what ever it is….

Donna