Emotional addiction is the process in which you subconsciously trigger high intensity emotions. These “HITs” activate the nervous system and pump chemicals to the body, making us feel” alive“. When you come down from that emotional high, the body seeks another HIT emotion.

Most of us were not taught how to regulate our emotions in healthy and productive ways. When we get caught in this cycle, we’re training our brains to react to HIT emotions in intense and frequently unhealthy ways.

In order to regulate, we have to understand WHY we are seeking these highs.

Ask yourself: what function is this behavior serving? Why am I engaging in this? What is this doing for and to ME? Is this good for me, or am I living in a constant state or psychosomatic activation?

Give yourself a safe space to process. Learn how to step back from them. The best thing that you can do for yourself is put space between your emotions and your reactions. When you do this, you are rewiring your brain and giving yourself a healthy way to experience your emotions.

It’s incredibly important to identify and separate yourself from triggers