Words Of Wisdom- Secondary Suffering

0:00respond to things better, instead of making it worse. I remember reading one of the classes

0:07I took talked about secondary suffering and how it's like, you know, you're either in

0:13physical pain or you're in emotional pain, and then your mind is making it worse because

0:17you can't stop thinking about the pain, and you're mad because you're in pain, and you're

0:23getting more angry and angry, and that's the secondary suffering that you're adding to

0:27the initial suffering. It's bad enough that you're in pain, but then we keep on harping

0:31on it and obsessing about it, and it's human nature. It's not something we need to beat

0:35ourselves up for, but when I learned that, I was like, oh, like this can suck, and I

0:40can be aware of it, and this situation is very painful, but I don't have to make it

0:45worse by being mad that it's reality, right? Like the sooner I get to the acceptance of

0:49the reality instead of fighting it, the better I can feel.