Emotions: How Do YOU Handle Them?

Emotions are something I haven't really addressed here on Health Infusion.  When I think of wellness and health, main topics that pop up first are fitness, nutrition, well-being, mental health...but emotional health is a vital part of being able to handle all of the above mentioned topics.  In fact your emotional health is many times the driver in the car of wellness.


Emotions dictate essentially if your needs are or are not being met.  If you are happy about your life, and you have warm fuzzies inside of you, that need is being met.  If you are lonely or sad, the need to connect with others is not being satisfied.

Our feelings are our emotional needs being expressed. Our facial 'expressions' is one way of how we communicate with one another.  Just watching a person's face can tell you volumes of how they are feeling: joy, pain, anger, frustration, grief, surprise.


Body language is another way to show our emotional needs.
If a person is joyful, their body language is usually very open 


    and inviting.  If one is experiencing grief or sorrow, their body is usually closed, arms crossed in front of them, they are hiding their facing and curling into a ball.


Emotions and feelings facilitate the need for respect, acceptance and understanding, basic needs for all human beings.  How frustrating is it when trying to hold an important conversation, expressing how you feel about something, and the person you are talking to doesn't emote any expressions indicating how they are feeling?  You feel disrespected, misunderstood, or possibly pushed away because they are not, or will not, accept what you are trying to convey.


Emotions are what connect people together.  Feelings unite us.  When you feel the same as another, there is a compatibility, and understanding that someone cares. You may feel loved.


So how do YOU handle your emotions?

We all know individuals who fill both sides of the emotional spectrum when it comes to handling them.  Some people internalize their feelings and don't show any emotion at all.  Others fly off the handle at the mention of anything that can be considered emotional-an accident, death, relationship breakup, etc.  Where do you lie and how do you deal with it?


Do you ask yourself how you feel about something? Is the feeling healthy and is it how you want to feel?  Maybe by consciously 'checking in' on your emotions, you could handle a situation better, talk with a friend in a healthier frame of mind, or stop yourself from overreacting. 


Emotions are a powerful tool that really control the underlying side of why we do what we do in our lives. So take the time to check into your emotional being and ask yourself if you handle your emotions in the healthiest way possible. You might discover something about yourself you didn't know-that you can make positive changes for you and others through your exploration. Now get to feeling emotionally healthy! :-)