How do you handle bitterness?
What were the scenarios that made you bitter? Was it Hurt? Was it Betrayal? Was it False accusation? Was it Cruelty? All unresolved?

The scenarios can differ broadly.

People also differ in their capacity to manage bitterness, or manage how long bitterness can persist.

While some people can self regulate: manage how they perceive themselves, the events around them, and the world, reshape their perspectives of the past, manage their expectations of the future etc, others simply cannot (and who's to blame them?).

In the face of bitterness, while a person may attempt to self regulate, its important to recognize that it is useful to make use of social support around you. Or to speak out to persons skilled in helping others understand and manage how they process thoughts and how they behave.

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