Well, there's another way to process emotions besides trying to figure out how to repress them. And that is simply to express them -- embrace them, feel them, let them do their work.
Obviously, we don't want to have a crying jag at the grocery store, or dump them on people who are unprepared for them. Find a nice private place, or a sympathetic friend, and just have them. Pay attention to them, see what kinds of memories are associated with them. We have emotions for a reason!
Once they're not perpetually bottled up, I found they'd pass much more quickly, and were much less disruptive in my day-to-day life. And hell, I had all kinds of emotions bottled up for thirty years -- of course they were going to come out like a dam bursting! Over and over again, actually, especially during transition, because then I was finally having to face my dysphoria day in and day out until I did what I had to do to address it, which of course takes time (which is why it's called "transition" and not "a snap of the fingers").
Naomi, you have permission to experience all the emotions that stir within you. This too is part and parcel of who you are.
