Do you have trouble regulating your emotions?

There are some that think that having extreme and unwieldy emotions are necessary and that you shouldn’t try to manage your emotions. They may think, “my emotions are who I am,” instead of realizing that your emotions are one part of your experience as a human being. It’s an aspect that takes up a lot of real estate for many of us, but it’s not all of who we are.

Remember that emotions are signals and they respond to you and your environment. Your emotional responses can grow with you over time. If you learn to cope effectively with unwanted emotions, you don’t stop being you, you simply stop experiencing those emotions as often.

Last week Savvy Psychologist discussed why we have emotions and this week she's talking about the factors that make it hard to regulate them. Listen to the full episode here.