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Reacting and Overreacting
Not all intense responses are overreactions.
The problem arises when you start to react in a bigger way than justified. Overreactions never make the situation better.
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Address the past if possible and resolve any emotional leftovers you might have: vent to a friend or keep a journal.
Emotional baggage becomes more fuel when your bomb goes off.
- Separate yourself from the event to gain an outside perspective.
- Don't punish yourself for overreacting.
- Ask yourself: Why did I do that? What could I have done differently? Did it even matter?
- Internal: they overthink the things that don't go their way and are unable to put their focus onto something else.
- External: they yell, scream, or snap back at people when something isn't exactly how they want it.
- Freeze: Notice the changes within you (tension, temperature, heart rate). Keep breathing and cool down.
- Analyze: Think about what just happened rationally. Find a way to be compassionate and avoid personalizing what happened to you.
- Act: Express yourself ...
Take a deep breath. It will slow down your fight or flight response and allows you to choose a more thoughtful and productive response.
This way, you can learn to be more in control of your reactions:
- Identify the things that bother you the most (rejection, criticism, or even something that has nothing to do with you).
- Think about basic contributing factors like lack of sleep, being hungry or thirsty, or being ...
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Sabotaging yourself and your relationships create unnecessary pain and self-generated stress.
To stop sabotaging yourself, you must first recognize when you’re getting in your own way. You need to figure out your patterns of behavior and then find creative ways to counteract them and...
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When you feel anger, try controlling your breath. This will result in your entire body instantly calming down. Remember, anger can never prove productive.
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Stop reacting to life and start responding to it.
If you want to really change, you need to start reframing your mindset. You’re not in control of everything that happens to you, but you are in control of how you respond to what happens to you.
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