When you find yourself in a situation where you’re so frustrated and angry that you want to explode, but you don’t want to hurt anyone or do something that you will regret, what do you do? How to gain control of your emotions when you lose control. The most important thing to do is to regain your emotional posture, allowing yourself to feel your emotions, your anger and frustration, and being honest about the way you feel. In doing so, you allow yourself to make better sense of what’s going on which allows you to become more level-headed.
Learning to keep a cool head is essential to making the right decisions that you want to make. When you make a choice out of anger, it can be devastating and potentially hurt others, as well as yourself. Making a choice with a cool head allows you to consider others, as well as yourself. The hardest part when trying to keep a cool head is trying not to let that anger control you.
One of the best ways to overcome this explosive situation, is to not allow yourself to be put in such a situation in the first place. This means learning how to respect yourself, by acknowledging how you feel, how stressed you may be, and simply considering what is best for you.
During such a situation, it’s good to bring yourself outside of the stress momentarily, giving yourself the time to take a breath and calm your mind. Although not entirely calm, the calmer you can be, the easier it becomes to make the right choice that you want to make, without losing control of your emotions.
And we’re human. Acknowledging that we aren’t perfect is also important, because the mistakes that we make help us learn how to adapt. The beauty of who we are as people, is that we can decide if we want to be happy, and not want to be angry. It just takes a cool head.
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