106 EMOTIONAL HEALTH /// CHAPTER 67 Emotional Health Introduction Dealing with your cancer can bring up all sorts of different feelings. Some of the things you feel might come as a surprise to you. And at times you may find it difficult to pinpoint what it is you are actually feeling or understand why. The main thing to remember is: there is no right or wrong way to feel. Many young people have described having cancer as like being on an emotional rollercoaster - you feel like you are racing along with no control and experiencing massive ups and downs on the way. When feelings are bottled up, they need to get out somehow and unfortunately, this can lead to relationship problems, angry outbursts, and even unsafe behavior. As hard as it may be, finding some ways to express what you are feeling is really important to help you to deal with the stress of living with cancer. You might not be comfortable with sharing your feelings and sometimes you hope that if you just ignore them, they will go away. You may have learned the hard way, that's not exactly how it works. Even if you keep them hidden or try to ignore them, eventually they come back.https://fwaya.org/