As a possibility I propose to fully own your direct experience, but not make it part of your identity.
If we are not facing our current emotions or physical state we can call this ignorance. We ignore what is there. In other words: If we are not owning our direct experience in this moment we can call this denial. We are in denial of reality as it is. This is not a great idea and has a long list of possible side-effects, for example breakup, burnout or boreout just to name a few.
Conclusion part 1:
If we are making our current emotions or physical state part of our identity we become what we experience. An example: Asthma is part of me – it's my asthma instead of a condition that I experience. What's me or mine is much harder to get rid of because who wants to get rid of oneself? Another example: I am depressed. My depression has become part of me instead of being a temporary state that I experience. You are so much more than the waves of emotions that wash over you or the changing physical conditions that you experience.
Conclusion part 2:
What you feel is what you feel. What you experience is what you experience. No ignorance or denial needed. Your identity however – who you are being – is so much more, so much bigger than any passing energy or sensation.
Maybe you have heard the sentence being in this world (B) but not of it (A). In coaching, this is sometimes referred to as detached involvement. You are owning up to your direct experience and you are participating in the game called life. Even more: you play full out! But you deeply know that winning and losing is an illusion. Who you essentially are is untouched and beyond the outcome of the game. You are both – detached and yet fully involved.
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Fully own your direct experience, but do not make it part of your identity.
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