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3 Ways to Control on My Emotional Thoughts to Live a Simple Life

Controlling your emotions will help you become mentally strong. Like any other skills, managing your emotion requires practice and dedication.

By kunalPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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3 Ways to Control on My Emotional Thoughts to Live a Simple Life
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Have you ever said something in anger that you later regretted? Do you allow fear to free you from a risk that can actually benefit you? If so, you are not alone.

Emotions prevail. Your mood determines how you interact with people, how much money you spend, how you deal with challenges and how you spend your time.

Controlling your emotions will help you become mentally strong. Fortunately, anyone can become better at controlling their emotions. Like any other skill, managing your emotions requires practice and dedication.

In fact, the emotional wound is likely to get worse over time. And there's a good chance you'll suppress your feelings as you resort to unhealthy coping skills -- such as food or alcohol.

It's important to acknowledge your feelings, as well as realize that your feelings don't have to control you. If you get up on the wrong side of the bed, you can take control of your mood and turn your day around. If you are angry, you can choose to calm yourself down.

Here are three ways to better control your mood:

1. Label Your Feelings

Before you can change your feelings, you have to accept what you're going through right now. Are you under stress? are you disappointed? Are you upset?

Keep in mind that sometimes anger hides feelings you feel insecure about – such as shame or embarrassment. So pay close attention to what is really going on inside you.

Give a name to your feelings. Keep in mind that you can feel a variety of emotions at once – such as anxiety, hopelessness, and impatience.

Describing how you feel can take a lot of the sting out of the emotion. It can also help you to make careful notes about how these feelings affect your decisions.

2. Re-frame your thoughts

Your emotions affect the way you view events. If you're feeling anxious and get an email from your manager saying she wants to see you right away, you can assume you'll be fired. However, if you're glad to receive the same email, it may be your first thought that you'll be promoted or congratulated on a great job.

Consider the emotional filter you see around the world. Then refine your thoughts to create a more realistic vision.

If you find yourself thinking, "This networking event is going to be a complete waste of time. No one will talk to me and I'll sound like an idiot," remind yourself, "Getting some of it out." The event is up to me. I will introduce myself to new people and show interest in getting to know them."

If you find yourself focused on negative things, you may need to change the channel in your mind. Quick physical activity, such as going for a walk or cleaning your desk, can help you stop crying.

3. Engage in a Mood Booster

When you're in a bad mood, you're more likely to engage in activities that get you in that state of mind. Isolating yourself, scrolling mindlessly through your phone, or complaining to the people around you are just a few of the "bad mood behaviors" you can engage in.

But these things will keep you hooked. If you want to feel better, you have to take positive steps.

Think about the things you do when you feel happy. Do these things when you are in a bad mood and you start feeling better.

Keep practicing your emotional regulation skills

It is sometimes difficult to manage your emotions. And it's possible that a specific emotion -- like anger -- sometimes gets the best of you.

But the more time and attention you put into controlling your emotions, the stronger you become mentally. You will gain confidence in your ability to handle discomfort knowing that you can make healthy, mood-altering choices.

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