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Little Buddha, there’s already some great advice here to be followed, especially from Jasmine-3, so I will keep my words brief.
Remember that “sadness, anger, frustration, hurt, jealousy, embarrassment, shame, guilt” and similar feelings are not things to be feared but to be overcome. We fear most what we do not know. It follows that becoming familiar with something is the surest way to overcome it. It follows also that embracing something is the surest way to become familiar with it.
Do not run from your emotions. Allow them to enter your mind, and then observe them. “I feel angry, and that is normal. I acknowledge that I’m angry, but I acknowledge also that I have the strength not to act on it.” Once you become an observer of your thoughts rather than an emotional participant in them, they begin to lose their hold on you.
Do not run away from yourself. Know and embrace yourself.