How to Restrain Yourself from an Outburst: 17 Steps
Edit Article Immediate self-restraintFuture, ongoing self-restraint Edited by SugaryFlare, Teresa, Flickety, Zareen and 14 others Everybody gets angry at times. Having an outburst is nothing but negative––it's something to expect in toddlers, who have very limited ways to express themselves. Ad Steps Method 1 of 2: Immediate self-restraint 1Realize when you're about to burst. 10The next day, forget about the actual incident. Method 2 of 2: Future, ongoing self-restraint 1Learn from your experience. 7Read about emotional intelligence and the ways in which you can enhance yours. Tips Be aware that while some people are easily annoyed when things don't go their own way, other people are more sensitive than others to noise, crowds, fatigue, hunger, etc., which can mean they get upset or angry more quickly. Warnings Are you aware that you might be carrying around deep-seated anger?
Emotional Outbursts and Your Relationships - Venting Your Feelings in a Healthy Way
You have most likely heard of the Universal Law of Karma that claims "What goes around, comes around." Okay, great! But now let's say you totally buy into this idea of karma and you even take pride in how you live your life under this axiom. You choose to demonstrate integrity in your decisions and actions, and to show kindness and understanding instead of callousness, deceit, or other "ugly" behaviors and attitudes. Have you ever displayed impatience or frustration with your spouse, friend, or family member for no apparent reason? Venting Your Feelings in a Healthy Way It is healthy to allow ourselves to step outside of our nice postures and exhibit the not-so-nice side of our personalities now and again. Receiving sympathy and understanding from others when we are in turmoil is comforting. Emotional Checks and Balances Ask yourself these questions: Are your emotions being validated? Paul Bradbury / Getty Images
Accuracy of Self-Knowledge
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world. ~ Kafka Social psychologists and other mortals are hypnotized by the Delphic demand to Know thyself. Actually, it was not the oracle speaking, but probably a sophist prince who put these words on the front of the temple of Apollo. Social psychology supports a cottage industry dedicated to the case of human ignorance. What to make of a correlation of .3? Yet, many people think the accuracy correlation should be higher. Zell & Krizan’s finding that the average accuracy correlation is .3 is interesting, but of little theoretical relevance. In sum, Zell & Krizan provide and interesting, if theoretically bland, overview and integration of the voluminous literature on the accuracy of self-perception.
How to Gain Control of Your Emotions: 14 Steps
Steps Part 1 of 3: Controlling Emotions, Not Letting Emotions Control You 1Know your emotions. There are a million different ways you can feel, but scientists have classified human emotions into a few basics that everyone can recognize: joy, acceptance, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation Jealousy, for example, is a manifestation of fear - fear that you're not "as good" as something else, fear of being abandoned because you're not "perfect" or "the best." 6Consider your options. Part 2 of 3: Recognizing Ideas that Cause Negative Emotions 1Change your perspective. Part 3 of 3: Recognizing Ideas that Make Negative Emotions Worse 1Learn to avoid the cognitive distortions which make things look worse than they really are. Tips Ad Warnings It is important to control your emotions, but suppressing them or denying that they exist is entirely different. Sources and Citations American Psychiatric Association (2000).
