Raven on Nostr: Most often my emotional pain is internally generated. Learning to analyze root causes ...

Most often my emotional pain is internally generated. Learning to analyze root causes helps me to slow down and respond more thoughtfully to emotional triggers.

Another thing that helps me is to realize that some feelings you just have to sit with and feel to let them out. If you weren't able to feel all the sadness or panic or anger etc in the moment something happened to you, if it's all too much, your body will store that emotion away for later. These stored emotions can be released during times of stress causing us to "overreact". Recognizing that some of what you are feeling is not caused by the present situation can go a long way toward being able to regulate your reactions.