I like the comments about accepting your emotions too. It can be hard when your emotions have been invalidated time and time again. We can do the same thing for ourselves as for our children and others. Recognize the emotion, acknowlege that it is how you feel and that's ok. In fact, it's good because it is a chance to get to know you better. Listen to what it's telling you. Pin down what the emotion is as specifically as possible, and give it a name (try to go beyond happy, sad, angry - there are so many different flavors of all of those broader categories, for example angry could be frustrated, enraged, confused, betrayed, or jealous, etc.).