Feeling Bad for longer than a MOMENT is NOT Required

I would support people staying in a bad mood for as long as they wanted if it changed things for the better. The problem is, it doesn't.

Feeling bad can be as short or as long as you want it to be...  There are a few exceptions such as the death of a loved one or the loss of something you are very attached too. In those cases before you can have control over how long you feel bad, you have to grieve out your losses. Grief has it owns timetable, it comes and go as it pleases.

Putting those exceptions aside, feeling bad for longer than a moment is not required UNLESS you enjoy feeling bad. 

Since I don't like feeling bad for longer than a moment or two, I use feeling bad as an ALERT SIGNAL to shift my attention to what makes me feel good.  Taking action will move me out a bad mood faster than anything. In fact, action change thoughts faster than thinking does.

Taking action and focusing on the things you do like and do want will put you in a good mood and keep you in that mood. On the other hand, focusing on things you don't want, like a bad mood, can keep you stuck in a bad mood for hours, days, weeks, even months.

CHANGING FOCUS CHANGES ATTITUDE