Don't Feed The Monster

When you are in a mental emotional cycle of suffering, it is best to not act
Know that you are on a brief trip and it will end soon but you have to not feed it.
It is like a monster that needs you to feed it. It feeds on your emotions and your thinking. The more you struggle and fight it, the more entrenched it becomes. The more real it becomes.
Watch it and don't react, don't think, don't dance with it. It will leave much faster.
This has been my experience. Some monsters are harder than others but they are all very similar.