I asked my T what he meant when he said that perhaps I could just be with my feelings (he doesn't use the term "sit with your feelings" but I think the concept is the same, just different terms for it). He said that it was not about being passive and overwhelmed, but rather a matter of nonjudgmentally observing what the feelings are, trying to identify what caused them, and being aware of the fact that everything will pass. I like the notion of using one's intellect to observe the feelings, instead of just experiencing them and feeling like a helpless victim of spiralling emotion.