http://beingpositive.net Change Your Life With Positive Thinking Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:57:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://beingpositive.net http://beingpositive.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/kopete.png http://beingpositive.net/430/action-strategies-to-help-you-stop-overreacting/ http://beingpositive.net/430/action-strategies-to-help-you-stop-overreacting/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:06:28 +0000 Franck Pasquet http://beingpositive.net/?p=430 We can often overreact to situations without even knowing it. How does this happen?  Well, we allow our emotions to take over. Once you gain control over your emotions you’ll be able to choose better reactions, which leads to better solutions. It’s important to remember that no one is perfect. Everyone overreacts from time to time. It’s when your overreactions become the norm that you should seek a better way. Consider the following action strategies to help you stop overreacting: 1. The art of not reacting. In order to stop overreacting, you can try using the art of not reacting. This means that when you’re presented with a certain situation, your goal will be to not react at all. Instead, you’ll take the time to think about the situation and then formulate your action. 2. Let out your emotions. Let yourself feel your emotions as they come to you and find positive ways to express them. When you let your emotions build up, they become stronger inside of you. It’s difficult to stop yourself from overreacting when you’re full of pent up emotion. 3. Take a time out. If you tend to overreact with anger, it’s vital to allow yourself some cool down time. If you feel emotions building inside you, instead of bursting out, go somewhere where you know you can be alone. Cooling down will help you to react with a clear head. 4. Write it down. Instead of reacting to a situation at all, go write it down. Writing it down is another way of giv Continue Reading...

]]> We can often overreact to situations without even knowing it. How does this happen?  Well, we allow our emotions to take over. Once you gain control over your emotions you’ll be able to choose better reactions, which leads to better solutions. It’s important to remember that no one is perfect. Everyone overreacts from time to time. It’s when your overreactions become the norm that you should seek a better way. Consider the following action strategies to help you stop overreacting: 1. The art of not reacting. In order to stop overreacting, you can try using the art of not reacting. This means that when you’re presented with a certain situation, your goal will be to not react at all. Instead, you’ll take the time to think about the situation and then formulate your action. 2. Let out your emotions. Let yourself feel your emotions as they come to you and find positive ways to express them. When you let your emotions build up, they become stronger inside of you. It’s difficult to stop yourself from overreacting when you’re full of pent up emotion. 3. Take a time out. If you tend to overreact with anger, it’s vital to allow yourself some cool down time. If you feel emotions building inside you, instead of bursting out, go somewhere where you know you can be alone. Cooling down will help you to react with a clear head. 4. Write it down. Instead of reacting to a situation at all, go write it down. Writing it down is another way of giv Continue Reading...

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