I get stuck in emotions too... And I'm finding they're usually negative emotions... Like.. panic, anxiety, anger, just being plain ol' upset. And like Sabby said, the four steps? Well, I get stuck at the second one. I think about it, talk about it, journal about it, until I'm blue in the face and then some. After awhile, nobody really wants to hear about the same old thing I'm still stuck on, especially when the only real answers are "Forgive and Forget" or simply "Move on." Sometimes I think I have moved on, but something will trigger me and I get stuck in the cycle all over again.

I don't have any advice to give you on how to not do what I do, but I did want you to know you're not alone. I'm starting to read Codependent No More, not be cause I think I'm codependent, but I have a feeling that the skills she talks about in that book might still be useful for me in letting go of past hurts and such and start concentrating on making myself happy. We shall see. I think my next self-help book purchase will be something along the lines of learning to forgive which I'm thinking might also help free me from emotional ties preventing me from moving on and being happy...

Hehe, sorry this got so long.. I talk too much