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This Is How To Overcome Anger: 5 Powerful Secrets From Mindfulness
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Knowing what triggers your anger
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Emotions are made up of 3 components:
- physical (the way your body responds when you experience an emotion),.
- cognitive (the thoughts that go along with the emotion).
- behavioral (the things you do or have urges to do when you experience an emotion).
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Overcome anger with mindfulness:
- Study your anger: It’s hard to prevent something if you don’t know what causes it.
- Avoid triggers: Now that you know what causes your anger, stay away from those things.
- Train your mind: Practice mindfulness exercises.
- Break the loop: Address the physical elements, the thoughts and the behaviors that are associated with your anger and you can prevent it from spiraling out of control.
- Ride the wave: Put mindfulness into action. Note the thoughts, feel the feelings, but don’t do anything that’s going to get you jail time.
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