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Sometimes an emotion is too big to sit with and too big to solve. ACCEPTS gives you seven doorways out of the intensity — long enough for the wave to pass.
This isn't avoidance. Avoidance is running from something you'll never face. Distraction is stepping aside while the storm goes over, so you can come back and deal with it from calmer ground.
Pick one deliberately. The choice matters — 'I'm going to bake something' works better than scrolling for two hours and hating yourself for it.