Delicious sorrow   ​

 

Light:​

Feeling the poetry of a hard moment in your life; the unexpected glorious feeling of "letting it all out," or expressing yourself when you most need to; not holding back; being honest with yourself about your troubles and pains

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Dark:

Taking pleasure in pain; necessary wallowing in your distress; complaining or being overly self-indulgent; expecting others to take on your pain as their own; the desire to be rescued;  enjoying playing the victim; OR, holding back emotions that you need to let out

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Ask Yourself:

If you are in the midst of something difficult, how are you expressing yourself?  What relationship do you have to your pain, be it from past events or a current event? ... Are you using your pain to gain favors from others, or are you gracefully facing it, feeling it fully, and transcending it like the badass you are?

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