How do you cope with emotional pain?

Life in Recovery
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I have been struggling with emotional pain because I have daddy issues. :sob: . I feel like my dad doesn’t love me and never has. What do you do to cope with this pain? It’s a deep wound for me.

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I am sorry you are struggling Mandee with such pain. For me, I found therapy to be useful. I talked it out and found each instance in time that had a sad emotional tie. I worked my way through them.
EMDR therapy and also a hypothetical session that allowed me to face these moments and move on.

It is important to find a good therapist that you can click with.

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Everyone deals with emotional stuff differently. My solution was a higher power. I found a God as I understood him, that has helped me come to greater understanding. Like me, my father was a broken man that suffered from the disease of alcoholism. I like to think he did the best he could during his alcoholism. I was able to find the gift of sobriety that he was never able to find. I find all the “love” I need in the relationship I have with my God. Unfortunately, my father passed away from the disease before he found the solution, and I finally made a true peace with him. I was happy I was able to establish a resemblance of a relationship with him as his battle came to an end.

I truly hope you find your solution.

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Therapy seems to be very effective for attachment wounds and childhood trauma. I’ve not done DBT therapy museum, but have dabbled with some of the exercises involved. Google wisemind and perhaps read up on it. I’m not an expert on it, but I have used it and found it to be beneficial

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Thanks! Good ideas! I just know it takes time to heal from these wounds.

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