Your emotions help fuel your mindset. This means that to keep your state of mind intact, it’s necessary to have emotional balance and a high level of resilience. That way, you can bounce back through even the toughest of times.
These strategies can help you manage your negative emotions more effectively:
- Identify your support system.
It’s very easy to experience emotional dips. This is especially true when you’re making emotionally charged decisions.
• It’s healthy to discuss challenging situations with members of your support system. It helps them see how you think in different situations.
• Identify friends or family members who can be the voice of reason. While your emotions are cross-wired, it helps to have an external voice guiding you towards making an appropriate decision. - Confront your emotions.
Avoid hiding from negative feelings. Facing your emotions is the best way to overcome them. And the more you practice, the easier it will become to stay calm during emotional circumstances.
• For example, if you’re heartbroken, it isn’t healthy to try and pretend otherwise. Allow the reactions to come. If you feel like crying or screaming, go ahead. It will help you gain closure and a fuller understanding of your feelings overall.
• It isn’t necessary to question why you’re feeling a certain way. Identify the source of the emotion and work at confronting it instead. Avoid apologizing for your emotions. Remember it’s ok to not be ok (and again, seek the appropriate support). - Celebrate your strengths.
There’s no better way to build emotional well-being than by celebrating your strengths. Identify your attributes, talents, and skills that make you feel confident. These are the treasures and gifts you offer the world! Remind yourself of how resilient and powerful you are.
• Your strengths aren’t to be taken lightly. They form your backbone.
• Openly acknowledging your strengths sub-consciously helps you believe in yourself. In turn, you develop a sound emotional state. Our culture can sometimes force us to be humble about our achievements but there is always a time and place for celebrating your successes! - Provide support to others.
This goes hand in hand with relying on your own support team. Exposing yourself to the emotions of others helps you to process them more easily. You’ll take things at face value. You can be impartial, fair, and just.
• When you support others, you’re required to be truthful and honest. Displaying honesty about someone else’s emotions can help you develop the same honesty about your own.
• Helping others work through challenges can broaden your familiarity with a diversity of emotions and again in turn, build up your own emotional well-being. - Keep your surroundings positive.
Maintaining a positive environment is very important. It helps you concentrate on positive emotions and aids in the healing process. It’s much easier to effectively manage your emotions when you’re surrounded by positive energy.
• Partake in activities you enjoy. This isn’t an effort to dismiss your emotions. It’s simply a tool for developing a positive mindset.
• That positive mindset reinforces your ability to be impartial and fair. It’s tempting to be hard on yourself, especially when you’re surrounded by negative influences.
Remember that you have your emotions for a reason! They help you empathize with others going through similar situations and give you hope and optimism for better days ahead.