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Emotions - How to understand and manage emotions

Your emotions control how you think, feel, behave and the actions you take. They also affect your bodies and are the foundation to understand yourself and others. The capacity to feel and manage emotions is a must.

Emotions have a profound influence on your everyday life. They affect the choices you make and shape your life and destiny. The most important aspect of your mental health is to learn to manage your emotions. When you are aware and in control of them, you can think clearly and communicate well with others. Emotional intelligence is the first step to understand and use them for creative purposes.

Fears for example, usually relate to the behaviors of avoidance, are connected to pain and usually occurs in response to a specific stimulus. They usually manifest because of bad past experiences, internalization from parents, etc. But we can accept and express them appropriately when we become conscious that they put us on alert so that we can prepare to face a situation in a more creative way.

We all have emotional needs and in most cases these needs are for certainty: stability about food, shelter and material things. Needs for Significance: looking for recognition from others. And, needs for connection to a person, a sense of identity, values and ideas. In dysfunctional families these emotional needs are not meet. To become conscious about your emotions is the first step for change.

People find ways to fulfill these emotional needs in negative or positive ways. When you have an emotion you respond to that feeling. Learn more about emotions and feelings. Transform your emotional states and feelings to turn pain into power and take better decisions to live a happier life.

Types of Emotions

Negative emotions

They always exclude, are fueled by fear, manifest by harming, controlling and avoiding.

Anger	Fear	Shame	Guilt	Jealousy	Anxiety	Sadness

Positive emotions

They always include, are fueled by enjoyment and joy. Open up your heart, make things better. They manifest by giving, helping, understanding and unifying.

Love	Happiness	Hope	Gratitude	Confidence	Check the complete list of emotions

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What are emotions. Definition. Three elements.
An emotion is an interpretation of an event and the feelings are the responses to that emotion. Three elements are: The source: an emotion comes from within rather than from observation. A response: the body responds with feelings. The expression: how do we express it.

The importance of emotions
I would to talk about the importance of emotions. Some reasons why our emotions are important in our live are as follow: Emotions help us to become aware of our needs. In order to take good care of ourselves it is important that we know what are needs are. Our emotions help us to know what are needs are through what we feel. If you feel anger you know that you have to solve a problem with a situation or a person and that you must change your behavior. When you respect your needs you feel happy.

Improve Emotional Health
An emotionally healthy person is resilient, confident, have control over their thoughts and emotions, can keep trials and challenges in perspective, and can build positive relationships with others. Emotionally healthy people generally lead a happy, positive, and productive. This doesn't mean absence of emotions. It means to be positive. Here are the 7 ways to keep your emotions healthy.

Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and manage the emotions. When we live with emotional intelligence we have the ability to identify our own emotions, understand them and use our emotions in a healthy way. Managing emotions is the key to live a happy because we can transform the negativity and create more positive emotions that serve us.

Managing Emotions