Increasing Awareness Of Your Emotions

We do not give our emotions any thought, and move through them mechanically, making them the masters of our behaviour. Anyone can push the wrong buttons and trigger us in a few seconds.

We need to be aware of our emotions and feelings by asking ourselves the following:

1. What triggered the intense feelings?
2. What were our initial thoughts?
3. What bodily reaction happened automatically?
4. What urges were coming from inside?
5. What was the action taken?

Once these questions are asked, we can identify the exact emotion we are going through.