Negative emotions

Negative emotions

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/HealthyLiving/negative-emotions#lp-h-2

Negative emotions can be described as any feeling which causes you to be; 

-miserable and sad. 

-make you dislike yourself and others,  

-take away your confidence.

-Keep one from thinking and behaving rationally and -seeing situations in their true perspective.

-prolongs the anger or grief and 

-prevents us from enjoying life.

-The longer this goes on, the more entrenched the problem becomes. 

-Dealing with negative emotions inappropriately can also be harmful - for example, expressing anger with violence.

Our brains 

respond to 

our thoughts

 by releasing 

hormones/

chemicals, 

which send us

 into a 

state of arousal

HOW TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONS 

-Don’t blow things out of proportion by going over them time and again in your mind

-Try to be reasonable - accept that bad feelings are occasionally unavoidable and think of ways to make yourself feel better.

-Relax - use pleasant activities like reading, walking or talking to a friend.

-Learn - notice how grief, loss and anger make you feel and which events trigger those feelings so you can prepare in advance.

-Exercise - aerobic activity lowers your level of stress chemicals and allows you to cope better with negative emotions.

-Let go of the past - constantly going over negative events robs you of the present and makes you feel bad.