how do you control your emotions

[bb079]

I can take alot of shit, and do. Im not really known as a hothead but there are times when I want to blow up. I manage, most of the time. Normally just distance myself from whatever or whoever is getting to me. I find that people who lose their composure normally do or say something that they will more than likely regret.

 

[lickin lollypops]

Try and understand the motivation behind a situation or a person in a situation and how it may relate to you, then you can understand and deal with your own emotional responses.

Works for me on almost everything but those few knee jerk situations where you just response to the instant feeling of raw emotion.

Yes this seems to describe what I do too..But I often tend to overthink things sometimes..

 

[gonelifting]

I like to be in control. Not "controlling", there is a difference. If you let someone else make you "emotional", then you're not in control.... I don't like that, and don't let it happen.

If you do get emotional, then you're assuming the person you're doing it with, has the capability of understanding it. If they don't, then why bother? I HATE doing something for no reason... with no result.

I have been noticing I'm blabbering a lot today.

 

[Smurfy]

do you let them come to the surface?

do you mask them?

do you ignore them?

do you engage them?

just curiuos as to how you guys mediate them

combination of ignore and mask.

 

[eat big]

I have to write shit down because I'm Bi-Polar.

 

[megamania500]

I'm glad to hear that many more people just make the decision that they aren't gonna care about whatever it is. I do this and thought that maybe I was, um...coldhearted, or something. Sounds just like a common reaction for many people out there to shitty stuff that happens.