When people disrespect me or treat me unfair my first reaction is to stifle my anger so I don’t like do anything dumb, but when I do that I often convince myself that I’m probably overreacting and I don’t want to start an argument over something that I don’t even know is a reason to feel angry about.
If I were to push back in the moment I wouldn’t even be able to say what action was unethical and why it made me feel that way cuz I can’t analyze the situation that fast. What happens is I end up going kinda silent and sometimes the asshole behavior will continue
Often I get home and in a couple hours of going over the situation, calming down, I realize I did have a valid reason for feeling upset and can Irite the person really good emails or texts.
The thing is that it would be really helpful if I could think and examine my thoughts in the moment, so I can nip things in the bud.
Anyone know how I can gain that skill?
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You need to gain more control over your emotions. The first step is to realize it. That you’ve already done.
Now you have to practice. Use all those situations to reflect how you feel and how you respond and how you should have respond.