Emotions Are Like Breathing
Imagine repressing your breath because you consider the air around you, "bad." It may work in the short term, but will eventually lead to you gasping for air taking in more than you needed originally. A similar experience happens with our emotions.
6
9 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Denver, CO. I have spent the majority of my career in helping others overcome shame and self-doubt.
I am Licensed Professional Counselor who is passionate about developing the wellness of others. The ideas shared are not a substitute for therapy or any mental health treatment.
“
Similar ideas to Emotions Are Like Breathing
Our emotions are short-term biased
Our emotions are obsessed with the present moment because it’s difficult to look past our immediate fears and anxieties. And this prevents good decision-making.
The sweet spot in decision-making is to find the short-term failures that enable huge long-term successes to happen in th...
Emotional Contagion
This is what researchers call when we mimic the expressions and the emotions of the people around us.
The phrase "misery loves company" is a widely-used term and it seems that there is truth behind the phrase. Emotional contagion happens because of the mirror neuron ...
Happiness: the sum of positive emotions
Even if you cannot change your broader environment, you can still do small things to create positive emotions.
- You can put pictures that trigger pleasant memories in your home where you pass often.
- Research shows that having green plants around is good.
- Cutting down...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates