Emotions, we all have them but a lot of us don't know what to do with them when we experience them. We can experience good emotions, bad emotions, uncomfortable emotions, even different emotions at the same time and definately different emotions throughout the day.
Did you know emotions serve a purpose? Some emotions are meant to inform the brain that something is happening in the environment and say to the brain "Hey brain make a decision to keep us safe!" So these emotions are only meant to last a short time, about 90 seconds ⏰to be exact!.
So why do some emotions last longer or get stuck? That is because most of us are also good at ignoring our emotions, especially the bad ones. We don't like how they feel so we push them away. This is what can lead to MOODS; bad moods, depressed moods, yuck moods.
So how can we get these moods to go away?
Identify, Accept and Decide
Tame Your Dragon!
1. Name your emotion
I feel_________ statements will get you out of your emotional brain and into your rational brain.
2. Accept your emotion for it is
We don't have control over what we feel, feelings start in the gut (This is the secret ingredient!)
3. Decide
Address the emotion, it's there for a reason so make a decision on how to handle the situation that is causing the emotion, so then it can serve its purpose and can GO AWAY
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