The phrase "acknowledging the feeling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is recognizing or validating another person's emotions or experiences.
Example: "In therapy, it's important to focus on acknowledging the feeling of sadness before moving on to solutions."
Alternatives: "validating the emotion" or "recognizing the sentiment".
When I recounted my experience to Windy Dryden, Ph.D., professor of psychotherapeutic studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of Overcoming Envy, he confirmed that acknowledging the feeling is the first step toward taming it.
It's fine to distract yourself after acknowledging the feeling.
Sometimes I come out the other end of this process with a decision, or an action I need to take; other times it's just about acknowledging the feelings that are coming up and why I'm feeling that way.
All acknowledged the feeling of being an outsider.
Jolene acknowledges "the feeling, the certainty, that you cannot know anyone.
It is a cliché of sorts to acknowledge the feeling, yet it's always there and always the same, a kind of longing that cannot be fulfilled.
Early on he acknowledges "the feeling of not belonging anywhere, which has always been with me," and in a 1930 letter to his publisher, an exercise in fabulism that Mr. Hofmann describes as "the only thing even resembling a CV that we have from Roth," he provides what even now can stand as an appropriate epitaph.
I could've moved on with my normal routine but instead I slowed down and acknowledged the feeling and allowed myself to be lifted up by it.
You admit it, but know that unfortunately you aren't in a place right now to be able to do anything about it so you acknowledge the feeling, accept it for what it is and think about what you can do going forward to eventually get out of this mess.
I think it [the project] kept my interest, so like I said, not getting burned-out... ........ (#2, female, MS1) Completing creative projects provided an outlet for difficult emotions, offered a way to acknowledge the "feeling" aspect of medicine, to explore multiple perspectives, and through reflection, to resolve contradictory response to the anatomy experience.
Usually, those distractions are meant to keep you from being inside your own head, feeling lonely, feeling vulnerable, feeling sad, etc. Rather than trying to distract yourself from whatever you're feeling, just acknowledge the feeling and let it be.
