Yes, understand that the emotion is valid and why one felt it, but don't act in the emotion, which pours more fuel on it. This is as true for positive emotions like excitement and joy as it is for emotions like anger. https://marcus17043.medium.com/are-you-well-advised-to-follow-your-heart-dea0cbeb214b subtitled "Yes but not until you can discern the difference between feelings (follow) and emotions (process)." That essay confused a lot of readers because they couldn't get passed the common usage of emotions and feelings as synonyms.