Tuesdays with Morrie. I read this sometime after an emotionally taxing event and during that time a lot of people kept telling me that “it’s okay to not be okay”, and I just didn’t get it. I wanted the sadness to stop and to feel more normal again. After reading the book it finally clicked what that phrase was trying to say.

The premise of the book is that the main character is taking lectures from a terminally ill professor/teacher. During one of the lectures, the professor is asked why he doesn’t feel sad that he is dying. He responds with saying that at times he does feel sad, and he also feels angry and a multitude of other emotions. But instead of trying to bury the emotion/suppress it, he will experience it, “let it all out”, and move on with his day

From that point on, it made so much sense what people were trying to say. You can try to bury it or medicate it, but eventually you will have to face that emotion head on. The sooner you face it, the sooner you can start to get better