How NOT to manage your Extreme Emotions

Your strong emotions try to deliver a message to you.

It's upto you to decode the message.

But don't ever do these when you feel overwhelmed with strong, negative emotions:

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1. Never suppress your emotions.

You can’t just wish your emotions away

and pretend that they never happened.

Strong emotions like rage, envy, and bitterness find ways to leak out

like radiation seeping out of a waste canister.

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Leave them unchecked and they will grow around you like creepers

controlling every aspect of your life.

And that's not all...

When you consciously suppress them long enough,

you start to subconsciously repress them.

You rob yourself of your ability to enjoy life.

That can give rise to a ton of problems like:
- stress
- anxiety
- depression
- sleep issues
- muscle tension and pain

Continue to deny your emotions, and bottle them up,

and at one point they are bound to explode.

Then you’ll be left with regret and a mess to clear.

2. Do not withdraw from the World

You may want to take a break from everyone and be alone for a while.

And that’s perfectly fine.

It charges your batteries and brings you back fresh.

But what you don’t want to do is withdraw completely.

When you don’t ever want to be around others and take part in any kind of activity,

that can be a warning sign of depression.

3. Don't bully

Suppressed rage and bitterness finds it’s way out in the world through bullying.

Bullies don’t feel good about themselves.

So the only way they can feel better

is by making someone feel bad, through violence, threat, or ridicule.

It solves nothing. and...

it harms both the person being bullied and the bully themselves.

4. Don't inflict self-harm

Self-harm is the most vicious form of handling emotions.

Self-harmers abuse themselves by:
- cutting themselves
- starving themselves
- binging and purging
- reckless behaviors

Self-harmers are racked with emotional pain.

So to find a semblance of control, they try to become their own masters of doling out pain.

That makes them feel in control.

Needless to say, this is destructive to the core.

5. Don't use alcohol or narcotics

Never use alcohol and other drugs to make yourself feel better or numb.

You pay for the momentary respite

through brain damage and permanent scarring of your psyche.

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