DIALLING DOWN HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS
When it comes to displaying feelings … you have to be careful. There’s passionate, and there’s emotionally unstable. – Alexandra Levit
Receiving a rejection letter, your child refusing to eat their dinner, disapproval from your parents, being humiliated in front of a group of people, being asked to work overtime. Again. We all have emotional triggers, specific situations that provoke a strong emotional reaction.
Emotional triggers often lie behind some of our worst behaviour. If you’re unaware of your emotional triggers, these negative behaviours can seem automatic and out of your control. But once you’re more aware of the sort of situations that you know will trigger strong emotions, you can develop strategies ...
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