Chapter 4- Experiencing and Expressing Emotions

 

Life is an interesting experience to say the least. It can be fun, especially when you spend your time with people that you love, and you get to do things that you enjoy. There are some things about life that are not enjoyable. As awareness as become a stronger thing in my life, I have begun to experience things stronger. Things just seem to be harder than they are, and it makes me not want to get up in the morning sometimes. Even worse, the things I feel also impact my personal life because I don’t know how to manage these feelings. Within the last week, I had multiple arguments with my loved ones because there are certain ways that I want to control in my life that they don’t understand. These arguments are never long, and we always make amends, but I could not help noticing my emotions left me with a dull feeling of stress. I feel it is time to change my outlook on life and bring back some of the good things that I used to experience. One thing I wish to do is strengthen my emotional intelligence, which will allow me to know what to do should a particular emotion come to be (ch. 4, pg. 102). Doing this will allow me to make positive changes and turn my life around. That way, I can live the way I wish without question or conflict.