How to Remain Calm in Emotional Situations

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• How to Remain Calm in Emotional Situations
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: How Bipolar Disorder Affects Family and Friends
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

How to Remain Calm in Emotional Situations

Many people think of the ability to remain calm in emotional situations as inborn temperament. However, the knack for staying calm despite feeling strong emotions is a skill that can be learned and developed. This involves nurturing your emotional health.

Emotional health encompasses doing things every day to take care of your brain and body. Just as attending to physical health can prevent the flu and other illnesses, paying attention to emotional health can prevent anxiety, panic, and emotionality during times of stress.

These actions and states of mind can help you stay calm even in emotional situations:

• Practice taking slow, deep breaths when you’re calm. Then, when emotions soar, once again breathe slowly and deeply to regulate and calm the nervous system.
• Take stock of your thoughts when you notice emotions flaring. Are there other ways you can interpret what’s happening? Just knowing that there are other possibilities can take your emotions down a notch.
• Be mindful, use mindfulness techniques. Rather than getting lost in spiraling thoughts and emotions, center yourself in the present moment. Using your senses to focus on the here-and-now is centering.
• A final, important tip: give your brain a break. Step away from technology, take a walk or otherwise move, and do something enjoyable. Allowing your brain to experience calm will help you remain calm in times of stress.

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• How to Channel Anger Constructively

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: How do you stay calm when you feel like freaking out? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Coping with a Bipolar Depressive Episode
• Back to School Tips for Parents of Children with Mental Illness
• Use a Sticker Reward Chart for Adult Life
• Socializing When You Feel Depressed
• Feeling Depressed? Focus on Personality to Find Ways to Cope
• My Schizoaffective Psychotic Break Still Feels Like Reality
• Self-Awareness Skills Help You Handle Triggers in Recovery
• Treating the Pain of Anxiety and Headaches
• Balancing Dependence and Independence When You Have DID
• 5 Reasons Why Weight Training Builds Self-Esteem
• Embarrassing Memories Created by My Mental Illness Symptoms
• Have 'Fear Foods' Hindered Your Eating Disorder Recovery?
• Attacking the Root Cause of Self-Harm
• It's Hard to Forgive Yourself When You Have Depression
• Accessing ADHD Medication: Legal Barriers Can Make It Difficult
• Talking About Verbal Abuse and Bullying with Kids
• Financial Abuse: How to Spot it in Your Relationship

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

I'm Hannah. I Have Bipolar 2

How Bipolar Disorder Affects Family and Friends

When I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder, I saw the effect it had on my family and friends. When someone you love struggles with an “invisible illness” like bipolar disorder, it is hard to comprehend and difficult to watch. It took me years to realize that my pain contributed to the pain of those around me; even though it was not done on purpose. (Watch Hannah and subscribe to the HealthyPlace YouTube channel for more great mental health videos.)

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. How Exercise Helps with Depression
2. Taking Schizophrenia Medication that Makes You Feel Numb
3. Head Injury and Anxiety Relationship Proven

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"You stop attracting certain people when you heal the parts of yourself that once needed them."

Read more mental health quotes.

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