1Tell yourself the true thing: this feeling is real, and it is temporary. No state lasts. Ride it out.
You do not have to fix it right now. You only have to outlast it. Feelings crest and fall like weather.
Where it sits. DBT, Distress Tolerance skills
Islamic evidence
Your Lord is sure to give you so much that you will be well satisfied (Quran 93:5). What weighs now is not the end of the story He is writing.
“your Lord is sure to give you so much that you will be well satisfied”
Qur'an 93:5
Psychological evidence
Naming a hard feeling as intense but passing helps you sit with it rather than doing something rash to make it stop; the wave falls on its own if you let it.
Bowen, S.; Marlatt, A. (2009). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors · doi
Watching an urge rise and fall without acting on it (urge surfing) reduced smoking, showing urges pass on their own if not fed.
Review detail
Why it works. Reminding yourself a feeling is temporary helps you tolerate it without acting to escape it.