should feel. Instead, try to be kinder to yourself, commit to having positive inner dialogue often, not only during the bad times but also the better times and be at peace with yourself. By being compassionate to your soul, you will not pressure yourself into thinking that you’re a terrible person, but you are relieving the stress of your mind. This contributes to the development of good mental well-being.
6. Be In The Know Of Your Feelings
Children are free at expressing their negative feelings like anger, jealousy, and sadness, but most adults are not. There are many reasons for this. Working adults are told to suppress their emotions at work, as feelings might interfere with their profession or damage their public image. By showing as little of the negative feelings as possible, adults will appear independent and robust. However, it is a well-known fact that emotions play a huge part in decision making, and it is never a good idea to disregard emotions. So, if you do not come face-to-face with your feelings, and think about how they influence your thoughts and actions, there would be a time when all of the negative emotions begin to take over, making you feel miserable, and leading to bad decisions.It is a well-known fact that emotions play a huge part in decision making Click To Tweet
Losing emotional control is a direct result of neglecting your emotions frequently. Every individual’s reaction to losing emotional control is different; take anger as an example, while angry, a person might shut himself or herself out of social interaction, while another person might have a fit and start shouting at everyone. These responses are built-in response mechanisms inside your brain, and it is tough to alter this mechanism. They are built on habit and programming of the years we lived our lives. However, the good news is you can learn how to acknowledge and restrain these reactions. Again, taking anger as an example, the next time you feel like you are about to lose control over your emotions, acknowledge that you are upset, then immediately start breathing in and breathing out evenly, so that your brain receives enough oxygen to function with better mental clarity.
7. Spend More Time With Family And Friends
Family and friends are always the best people to turn to when you are feeling down. In your quest to build mental strength, you must remember that you’re never alone. There would always be a network of people who are there and ready to catch you when you tumble. So, rather than keeping all things to yourself, why don’t you try to open up to those who are closest to you? Not only would they cheer you up, but also share their thoughts and advice on what to do and how to feel when you’re down.
After experiencing a bad break-up or being fired, many people choose to be alone and turn to alcohol or drugs to drown their sorrows. However, they should remember that their family and friends are there to help, and it’s the best time to reach out to these people whom they trust the most. Merely talking to a trusted friend is a million times more uplifting than drinking alone, and it’s much healthier too!
8. Give Up A Bad Habit
Everyone has bad habits. Habits like staying up late, smoking, drinking, or overeating. Some people find bad habits harmless, but for most people, bad habits happen because of weak willpower. Because they were not able to fight the temptation of a few shots at the bar, a bag of chips after a long day, or a pack of cigarettes. So you find that having a few bad habits might help you unwind after a long hard day. However, they are not very helpful. Instead, they are destroying both your physical and mental health, they make you feel exhausted, defeated and sad for an extended amount of time, and some of these habits may directly harm other people, like how smoking can harm other people around you. So rather than having the feeling of keeping these indulges, you should act on it as soon as possible. If you want to cut down on smoking, try to stop buying cigarettes. If you stay up late, set a timely reminder to go to