It is our "resistance" to unwanted emotions, feelings, and situations that usually amplifies and prolongs pain. Resistance leaves us drained and stuck, so as the great poet Rumi instructs: we should do our best to try to welcome them all. Each experience has a place in our lives, even if only to serve as a reminder of what we do not want. One truth of life is that the light (our happiness and joys) can only be known against the darkness (our pain and trials).
