Controlling Your Emotions
One thing I have learned over the past 3 months is the importance of controlling your emotions. By controlling your emotions, I am not referring to shutting them down. It is important for us to feel our emotions, but how we react to them is what makes the difference. Thanks for the input MM. The mistake I made was letting my emotions drive my actions. And I must admit, the outcome was disastrous. My actions hurt those I love the most. This is not good. I now realize that and have made a vow to myself to never do this again. Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks? I have realized that if something happens that really upsets me, that if I write about it, this way of letting it out does a couple things for me. It helps me to organize my thoughts, and it helps to bring things back into balance. And by doing this, I help myself and do not hurt others by spewing garbage that makes no sense but only lashes out and hurts people. This is a definite NO-NO.
I would be interested in finding out how each of you deal with your emotions. How do you handle dealing with them in a positive way? Maybe you have a method that I and others are not aware of that would be of benefit. You never know. If I can bring attention to this and be of assistance to others, hopefully they will not make the same mistakes I have. Believe you me; it is much harder to deal with the aftermath of emotions gone wild, than to deal with them in a positive way. If I get a number of responses, I will post them and give credit where credit is due. Thanks to all for your input, it has all been greatly appreciated. Thanks for caring about someone you have never known before.
Garza
I would be interested in finding out how each of you deal with your emotions. How do you handle dealing with them in a positive way? Maybe you have a method that I and others are not aware of that would be of benefit. You never know. If I can bring attention to this and be of assistance to others, hopefully they will not make the same mistakes I have. Believe you me; it is much harder to deal with the aftermath of emotions gone wild, than to deal with them in a positive way. If I get a number of responses, I will post them and give credit where credit is due. Thanks to all for your input, it has all been greatly appreciated. Thanks for caring about someone you have never known before.
Garza
posted by Garza at 6:56 AM
3 Comments:
Getting a handle on emotions can be so difficult. I tend to be far more heart-ruled than I should be. I wish I could disconnect more often rather than letting my emotions get the better of me.
Maybe you're onto something with writing about it though. Sometimes the best way to cool off is to step back and get a little perspective.
It has been difficult for me, but I am getting a handle on it. Writing about my emotions helps me. How do you control and channel emotions?
I usually have to detach from the event causing the emotion to gain control. My husband accuses me of getting frenzied. That's how I usually handle frustration. Until I can get some time to myself, it's hard to calm down. I have to be careful about that kind of frustration though, it often leads to anger and I can't stand to blow up at or in front of my kids. So when I'm feeling that way, I tell my husband that I need a break and I go somewhere alone. Alot of the time, I just take a minute, count to ten and keep going. That's been an especially helpful method for me when I'm in the heat of the moment.
I'm trying hard to learn to think before I speak or act in these situations. Acting out of emotion can really get you into trouble.
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