Managing Emotion and Feelings

Emotion is the strong sensation of any kind that you feel about somebody or something. Feeling is state of mind. It either pleases or disturbs you. You go in and out of these states of mind either for a brief period or prolonged over a certain amount of time. You experience mood swings on a daily basis.

You may have witnessed an event or situation that happened in your past that have impacted you. You then associate that impression onto any new situation that provides the trigger. This is why you can get angry even over a small issue. You have stepped back into memories of your old hurts or humiliation. Your sentiment overwhelms your rationality.

The feeling of disappointment for example, is destructive and if allowed to linger will lead you to lose your sense of self worth. Then the feeling of loneliness can seep in.

In controlling and dealing with your feelings, here are several steps you can take.

Begin with self awareness.

Identify your mood as it happens. Pay attention and monitor it. Once you are aware, you can choose to get out or to stay with it. Otherwise, it will go by largely unnoticed and will show up again.

Get inside your brain.

Whenever an internal picture forms in your mind, you sense something somewhere in your body? But most likely you are unable to point out where exactly it is. So, when you are aware of your thoughts and images, and before you begin to feel the sensation, distort the pictures and the voices inside your head.

How? Just watch what you are doing inside. Or play around mentally. Your focus is diverted. Your feeling will change. Your brain can do wonders. If you can repeat something over and over again in your head, you can also have fun creating different images and sounds.

Mind your language.

What you say to yourself affect how you feel. You need words to express your sensation. And how you name it will affect your reaction. Avoid careless language. Choose your words carefully when you talk to yourself. Don't keep saying the things that you don't want to feel. Constant usage of negative words make you feel inadequate and defeated.

Create change.

When something overwhelms you, do something to overcome it. Refuse to allow your feelings to prolong over a long period. Get busy. Move your body. Go through the motions. Just as feelings generate actions, actions generate feelings. Make things happen.

You can also find something to laugh at to change your negative frame of mind. You can control your actions at any given moment. Your feelings will catch up. Do anything to make you feel happy.

Ask questions.

When you experience any negative sensation, ask yourself questions. Questions can break your emotional state. Ask yourself lots of questions and look for the answers. If you feel down and out, sit down quietly alone and have a conversation with yourself.

Let go.

Let go and release any bottled or suppressed feelings. Don't keep anything that gives you bad vibes? What good does it do to you anyway? Letting go eliminate emotional pain. Your pain does not have to live with you forever. Get those destructive feelings out of your system. You can use the tapping solution or emotional freedom technique to release them.

"Every experience you have ever had is over. Every thought you've ever had, started and finished. Every emotion and mood you've experienced has been replaced by another. Eventually, every thing disappears into nothingness. Life is just one thing after another. This, too, shall pass." - Author Unknown