Cope with Anger in a Healthy Way
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Throughout the day, a person experiences a whole range of emotions: from apathy to euphoria.
However, there are some emotions that can render us ineffective and disrupt our plans. Ager is one of them.
I need to make this clear:
There are no bad emotions. Each emotion gives us information that we need to learn to read.
When we are angry, we may say or do things that we will later be ashamed of. It is important to keep in mind that anger, like any emotion, lasts only up to 12 minutes.
So the best way to handle anger is:
Step 1. Become aware of your anger (becoming aware of your emotions is the most challenging phase; we can make a separate series of articles on awareness).
Step 2. Pause, drink some water and switch gears.
And 12 minutes later, your emotional state will get back to normal.
But it often happens that anger evolves into anxiety, fear or panic. These conditions can drag on for a long time, and sometimes become chronic in a person.
Techniques to bring yourself to a resource state:
- Expressive writing
Write down your feelings. This is essentially the same as speaking about them — voice your fears and put them on paper.
No need to think about the meaning of what you write. Just set a timer for 20 minutes and start writing down everything that bothers you, regardless of mistakes and punctuation.
- Switch to your body
Panic or anxiety “kicks” a person out of their body, so our mission is to return to it. To do this, you can start cleaning the apartment, wash the dishes, go have a massage, or play sports.
Any exercise is good: from yoga to working out at the gym.
We suggest you do the Lunar Exercises series, which we have picked for you at MoonX depending on which sign the Moon is.
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