I Can’t Stand It!

Developing your tolerance for distress

Leslie Ann Costello

9 min readFeb 20, 2020

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Black and white image of woman with long hair, downcast eyes, and tear streaked face — Photo by Kat J on Unsplash

Distress tolerance is our ability to stay with our own uncomfortable feelings. Everyone can benefit from having a tolerance for distress. This article will tell you why and how.

Leslie Ann Costello

Written by Leslie Ann Costello

Psychologist and bioenergetic psychotherapist, writer. Occasional kitchen magician. Find my fiction under my pen name, Annie M. Ballard

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