Hopefully this is where this should go?

Anyway, in the past I've given into my negative emotions a lot, ruminating and dwelling on them, leading me to feeling quite depressed.

Lately, I've found if I just tell myself over and over that I don't care about anything that's bothering me, I can move on without getting caught up in all of my feelings.

However, it's making me feel less connected with people and I feel like I'm not as empathetic as I am when I let the negative emotions take over. But it helps immensely with not feeling really depressed and being able to "move on" and focus on important things like work.

I guess I'm just wondering if anyone can relate and/or if you have found a way to balance these two things out...