Managing Difficult Emotions

Today I am starting an eight week course on Managing Difficult Emotions. Difficult emotions can be any emotion. How we respond to our emotions helps shape our personality. From the good, to the bad, to the ugly and everything in between.

I growing up had one primary emotion and that was anger. I would fly off the handle at the slightest provocation. I had a dour demeanour. I could swear like a trooper. F sharp’s would dominate my vocabulary.

I recognized that I had a problem and tried to correct it. I put up a brave front. This was short lived and my demons would pull me back in. Negative thoughts prevailed.

Ten years ago it all started to change for the better. I was diagnosed with depression. The light at the end of the tunnel became clearer and clearer. I started seeing all the negativity in my past and how it had an effect on me in every aspect.

Depression opened my eyes and saved me. I re-evaluated every aspect of my life. Changed my support network, as the years rolled by I my whole personality changed and evolved and my grandson entered my life in 2016. Oliver (Ollie) taught me so many life lessons. The biggest lessons were about unconditional love and the importance of being kind.

As a result my anger is in check and is not the prevalent emotion in my personality. I am looking forward to understanding and dealing with difficult emotions. I am looking forward to discovering more about myself and more about my emotions and use them in a positive way.