Beat Stress with Mindfulness and Emotional Balance I The LifeCo

How do we maintain our emotional balance when we are under stress?

Stressful situations and busy daily life require people to do several things at the same time. This means more load than you can bear. For this reason, some people prefer to get rid of problems by running away from them or suppressing them, while others become strongly attached to their problems.

We can use our ability to establish “emotional balance” to deal with such situations. Although it may seem like an abstract concept, there are many different methods that help us apply it in our lives. However, let’s first find out what this concept means. When we are faced with an undesirable situation, we automatically exhibit some reactions. For example; anger, anxiety, fear, etc. Emotional balance allows us to achieve flexibility and establish a balance between our body and mind. In other words, it teaches us to respond to negative feelings and thoughts without getting stuck. The knowledge and practice of emotional balance is important for the quality of our sleep, our concentration, our consciousness, our motivation and therefore our happiness.

Here are some tips for achieving emotional balance:

Definition of emotion: Focus on how you feel and pay attention to how it affects your body. It may be helpful to close your eyes and try to figure out where the tension is in your body.

Let’s express emotions in words: “I am concerned.” “I’m sad.” Be prepared to make sentences like this. In this way, you move away from your automatic reaction and more consciously identify your emotions.

be grateful:Think about the people you are grateful for being in your life. This can be difficult to do, especially when you are sad and worried, but at this point it is very important to try. Gratitude will allow you to see that life is not only about bad and unfortunate events, and look at things from a more optimistic side.

Perspective change:We know it’s not as easy as you think, but it’s worth a try! When you feel an emotion very strongly, try hitting the stop button, wash your face, and try to put as much distance between you and those emotions as you need. This can help you think more objectively.

Act: Physical movement always works! You don’t have to run a marathon, sometimes just stretching or even a short walk can help. It is important to make these movements part of your daily routine. Movement increases your energy and concentration!

In addition, emotional regulation and stress management practices can also be used to achieve emotional balance. Emotion regulation means identifying an emotion, recognizing it without judgment, and then changing it as needed. For example, changing the tension created by an emotion through meditation, yoga, or breathing exercises is a method of regulating emotions.

Stress tolerance means accepting an uncomfortable situation, learning to manage the pain it causes, and increasing your ability to cope with the situation. But this does not mean that you agree not to change the situation, rather it helps to find more solutions to deal with the situation. Practices such as mindful breathing exercises and mindful listening can increase your stress tolerance threshold.

Life is not only made up of happy and funny moments, it is also full of sad, frightening and disappointing moments. The important thing here is to know how to deal with negative events and not let them hurt your feelings. For this reason, the methods mentioned above help protect mental health.

In short, be aware of your stress and accept life as it is!