For many of us, we are reaching the end of our ropes in quarantine. We've had it. It's causing us to be angry, short tempered, indulgent, and the list goes on.
Yeah, we can sit around and bitch about it. It doesn't seem to help though, instead creating a more toxic environment that we wallow in as we sit in our own filth and the filth of those around us.
This isn't the emotional discharge I mean in the title. It's the emotional discharge that I have mentioned in the past. It is where we recognize and acknowledge what we are feeling.
I live in a semi-rural area of town in a largish neighborhood. The speed limit is 20MPH in my neighborhood and I live a mile back into the neighborhood. I go the speed limit.
A) We have a large wildlife population B) There are children that play on the roads in the worst spots like the ginormous hills sitting on skateboards that you can't see as you are cresting the hills C) I exercise on these roads and am appalled by the way so many drive here.
So of course I end up in road ragey sitches all the time. I drive 20 MHP. The person behind me gets annoyed and starts driving like a jackass so I am tempted to do bah ah ah ahd things. And full frontal honesty sometimes I act on them. I'm a work in progress.
I have found though that if I say, "I'm angry" I am able to recognize, acknowledge, and release the emotions. I state the emotion without judgement.
Try it, especially when they are emotions that you aren't happy with. Instead of hiding your anger, acknowledge it.
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