Get Your Emotions in Check

What is emotional stability? According to "Neuroticism-123Test", Emotional Stability is one of five personality traits of the Big Five personality theory. Emotional Stability refers to a person's ability to remain stable and balanced.

How many of us have experienced feeling like we are emotionally out of control or our emotions have gotten the best of us? I'm raising my hand high. I'll be the first to admit that I'm guilty of letting my emotions get the best of me at times. Sometimes these feelings creep up on us causing us to become easily angered, moody or tearful. Literally, prior to writing this blog, I had to get my emotions in check. Had to tell myself, "Tanisha, take a deep breath and relax." I prayed, thanked God for the not so good feelings, focused my attention on Him, made up my mind to write this blog and proceeded. The subject of this blog is a result of my own emotional instability moment.

Do any of you find yourselves in a position of feeling emotionally unstable often? Do you feel like the slightest thing makes you cry and keeps you in that space? It's time to do an emotions check-up? Reflect on the things that take you to that place; the place of being snippy, easily frustrated or quick tempered. Realize that these feelings may be caused by something deeper rather than what's on the surface.

Ladies, ladies, we have more emotions than we know what to do with and we often wear them right on our sleeves. Guilty as charged. I am the queen of wearing my emotions on my sleeve. There are some contributors to our emotional state; hormones, hormones and diminishing, you guessed it hormones. They are our blessing and our curse. However, just because we have these ever changing things going on in our bodies, doesn't mean we can't pay close attention to our reactions and simply check ourselves.

m.wikihow.com gives some tips for" Retraining Your Emotional Reactions":

1. Compare your emotions to the weather- Like a rainstorm your cannot directly control them but like a rainstorm they are temporary.

2. Practice the art of reappraisal-Acknowledge your emotions then think about the situation that you are in and try to think about it in a more positive way.

3. Stabilize your whole self-Basically, you can't stabilize your emotions without stabilizing the rest of your life. Focus on achieving life stability.

4. View failures and setbacks as opportunities to grow- Failure is a normal and healthy part of life. It's difficult to succeed at any important effort without having failed. Focus on what you did accomplish instead of focusing on what you failed at.

(This information is taken directly from wikihow.com and is paraphrased. For more information go to the site)

It goes back to balance that I've talked about in many of my blogs. Sure we have unstable emotional moments. Sure we may be quick to anger at times or break down and cry at the drop of a dime. That's not unlikely. The key is to get yourself in check. Reflect, review, and refocus.

Life is a juggling act at times and it's all about healthy balance. I got my emotions in check and so can you. Healthy body makes for a healthy mind, makes for a healthy spirit.

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