Become Emotionally Stable

Emotional awareness is the first process of defining your feeling. It can help you to manage and improve your mental health properly. When people generally feel certain types of emotions, a physical or mental reaction follows them. Most people's thoughts run ahead of their emotions. But still, there is a sizeable percentage of people whose emotions run ahead of their thoughts. Today my thought says "he is the most wonderful person." Tomorrow if he does something that I don't like, immediately my thought says "he is not good enough." There are situations that you don't wish to be in. But emotions are tangled up. Thought is agile, but emotions are inactive. It's a little sappy, it takes time, and it does not go easily. 

 "The way you think or believe, that's the way you feel." Suppose I think he is a good person, now I have sweet emotions toward him, I think he is not good, now I have bad feelings towards him. Can I think he is an amazing person and have bad feelings? Is it possible? Not at all.

It's crucial to accept your feelings while recognizing that your emotions don't have to control you. If you awake on the wrong side of the bed, you can take control of your mood and turn your day around. If you are a little bit angry, you can choose to calm yourself down. 

How to Control your Emotions

Obstacles make you emotional, but the only way you will overcome them is by keeping those emotions in check. If you contineously check no matter what happens, no matter how much external events may fluctuate.

Whenever you face an emotion that makes you feel something bad, immediately force it out of your mind and replace it with a different good emotion.

Talking with a trusted friend or family member can help you, understand why you feel what you do. Once you understand emotions, that much easier to control them.

You can always say to yourself: I'm in control, not my emotions. I see what's really going on here. I'm not going to get upset.

Calm and soothe your mind, take care of it. Take positive action. Try to build a little plan. 

How to Build Emotional Stability

I want to run through a few strategies for emotional stability now - things you can actually do which will help you become emotionally stable.

1. Try mental visualization

Mental visualization is definitely something well worth trying. Take a short break and sit in a quiet place. Picture a view that is calm, serene, and where you feel in full control. Play music in the background -  like the sounds of waves - and focus fully on it. Follow the flow of sounds and do it until you feel relaxed.

After that, you return to the present moment, and you'll feel a lot calmer. With a positive mind, you're more able to make better decisions and take some positive action.

2. Get quality sleep

Daytime work and stress impact our nighttime sleep. Have you ever observed that when you feel tired, you're more likely to be bothered by smaller things? 

7 to 8 hours good sleep per night is needed for our brain to make its repair and remove waste thoughts letting new blood in. You can try these steps to improve your sleep: 

• Avoid alcohol and caffeine before bed

• Make sure your room temperature is comfortable

• Keep your phone aside

• Do some physical activity 

3. Eat healthy

When you feel not well, you may be more chances to let your diet slip. Negative emotions can lead to urges to skip meals or eat unhealthy foods altogether. Unfortunately, poor eating not only impacts mood but also affects your weight, energy, productivity, and feeling. 

Eat a nutritious diet like fruits, colorful vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains. Follow a healthy dieting plan and keep a food diary so you're aware of what you're taking every day. If you're not sure, consult with your doctor to determine a plan that will work for you. 

4. Practice mindfulness

Mindfulness is an effective tool that creates a gap between action and reaction. Mindfulness becomes your more aware and observant and inspires you to live in the present moment. 

Mindful means paying attention to the sounds, smells, and sights around you. You can practice it at any time by using these tips:

• Try exercises and meditation

• Focus on breathing patterns

• Notice the tastes of your food while you eat a meal

Mindfulness is the most effective way for reducing anxiety and manage stress. If you find yourself reacting emotionally without thinking pros and cons of something that happened in the past or something that may happen in the future then is time to take a mindfulness break. This practice can help you to live in the present moment.

5. Prioritize mental and emotional health

Emotional stable people are wiser, happier, learn something faster, and better deal with anything that comes their way moving forward. 

So, it is most important to become aware of how we respond and react in difficult situations, and really give some time to learning how we can better deal with things, beginning with how we feel within. 

There will always be times when we're really focused on our life. Remember that, every time we go through things that are suffering, there's a huge opportunity for growth.