How Do You Keep Your Emotions From Getting The Best Of You
Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
by Susan Thom
We all have emotions and feelings that can be hurt in a number of ways. When they are hurt, it is important to reach for the Heavens and ask for a reminder on how to keep them from getting the best of us. Those negative emotions can eat away at our heart and soul, and possibly cause us to feel physically ill. Our digestive system can be thrown out of whack, and depression can creep in and decide to inhabit our minds for a while. If at all possible, we don’t want to allow this to happen.
We can make a conscious decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the power of God. There’s no stronger force to lean on. As He cradles us in His arms, we can welcome the warm, loving care and concern, and escape from the problems we are having, if but for a few minutes at a time. Sometimes, I think we all feel like the person who stands against the backdrop, having knives thrown their way. We try to dodge those knives, but some may need to penetrate in order to create a change within ourselves that we haven’t recognized until our darkest hours.
We are then forced to make some decisions about what to do to keep our feelings and emotions from getting the best of us. I have found prayer to be the strongest defense. And just talking to our Father as if He was in the room with us, which, of course, He is. We may forget that, once the initial blows start to hit. When we find we have nowhere else to turn, we remember what our pain has blocked, that God is within us, and we only need to communicate to feel better.
Once we have touched base with our Creator, we must think about our lives, what we have done wrong, what we have done right, and where we can make changes in our character to help us move on in a positive way. Are we rebellious? If we are, and can own it, we can be more aware of how we speak and react to others under delicate circumstances? Are we stubborn in a negative way? When we are approached with a different point of view, shared by another, are we quick to defend ourselves? We are then forced to make some decisions about what to do to keep our feelings and emotions from getting the best of us. I have found prayer to be the strongest defense. And just talking to our Father as if He was in the room with us, which, of course, He is. We may forget that, once the initial blows start to hit. When we find we have nowhere else to turn, we remember what our pain has blocked, that God is within us, and we only need to communicate to feel better.
Do we stick to our guns, even when we find a better way Are we thoughtless? Do we get so wrapped up in our own needs and wants that we push aside the feelings of others? It may not be intentional, or meant with malice, but feelings are hurt just the same. Are we cruel to those around us? Is our temper such that when enraged, our words are difficult for others to hear, and leave them harmed and in pain?
Are we angry? Why? Have circumstances that have happened throughout our lives left us jaded and negative? Are we reeling from the pain that we ourselves, through bad choices, have put ourselves through? What can we do about it? Make a searching and honest moral inventory of our lives, evaluate our character defects, understand them, where they come from, and then make a conscious decision to let them go, and free your feelings and emotions.
Bring back the positivity we were all born with, and get rid of the negativity that is bringing us down. How can we think in a more positive, open, clear and focused way? We can use our minds to think. Pinpoint hotspots and try to alleviate them. it is a conscious decion to change the way you react to people and situations, and it takes practice.
Are we depressed? What can we do to change that? We can push ourselves, leaning on our faith, to live well, and not in fear. Know that we can handle what ever situation comes up. We are strong in our natural state, and by letting situations and other people affect us, we have become negative and disillusioned. We need to be determined and focused to live each day better than the one before. If we are not able to eat due to loss of appetite, we can get baby food. It’s delicious, I’ve had to rely on it many times to get me back up. That and Ensure and Gatorade. Bring back the positivity we were all born with, and get rid of the negativity that is bringing us down. How can we think in a more positive, open, clear and focused way? We can use our minds to think. Pinpoint hotspots and try to alleviate them. it is a conscious decion to change the way you react to people and situations, and it takes practice.
Fortify your body once again. You will start feeling stronger. Even baby cereal, just add some water, and you are giving back your body what it is missing. Depression should be treated with the utmost care, in my opinion. I suffer from it, and I do not like living Hell on Earth. Or my version of Hell anyway. Once we are able to start connecting the dots of our own psyche, we can begin to mend. This is a slow process, but once started, it seems to move forward more quickly. The hurt of the past is too painful to want to revisit. For me, these are all the things I do to keep my emotions from getting the best of me. I’m not saying I don’t feel them, and they don’t hurt, but I now can say I don’t let them take me over and have me under the covers in pure despair.
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