Coping With Negative Emotions

Negative emotions can be described as any feeling which causes you to be miserable and sad. These emotions make you dislike yourself and others, and reduce your confidence and self-esteem, and general life satisfaction. Emotions that can become negative are hate, anger, jealousy and sadness.

Ways to cope with negative emotions

Don’t blow things out of proportion by going over them time and again in your mind
Try to be reasonable –accept that bad feelings are occasionally unavoidable and think of ways to make yourself better
Relax-use pleasant activities like reading, walking, talking to loved ones
Learn to notice how grief ,loss and anger makes you feel and which events trigger those feelings so that you can prepare in advance
Exercise- any kind of physical activity lowers your levels of stress chemicals and allows you to cope with negative emotions
Let go of the past- constantly going over negative events robs you of the present and makes you feel bad
Use distractions to stop thinking about negative emotions like following your passion
Act the way you want to feel
Accept failure

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Shalmaly Chatterjee Member since March 1, 2021

Shalmaly Chatterjee first developed the interest in Psychology at the age of 17-18 when she was in school as she had met a psychiatrist at a family function. She always wanted to help others and dedicate her life in helping others succeed in life. Shalmaly Chatterjee has done her graduation from Bethune College, University of Calcutta and then went to pursue masters in psychology from West Bengal State University, Barasat and then went to pursue a PGDM in school counselling from Rajabazar Science College. She has an excellent knowledge of assessment of the clients in order to find why they having certain problems. She has worked in various schools like Narayana school, Newtown and Kendriya Vidyalaya Cossipore and NGO’s as well. She has also done her B.ED in Mental Retardation from NIEPID. She is waiting to be registered as a mental health professional soon. She also has a YouTube channel named Unlocking Minds. She has articles published in lot of digital platforms.

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