Today I would like to talk about the fact that the New Year holidays (like any other holidays and long weekends) are a time when strong emotions can arise. From very bright, joyful ones to deep sadness and anger. Joy and delight come from celebration, beautiful decorations and gifts. Sadness and anger if expectations are not met; stupor and resistance - when summing up results and setting new goals for the year. In everyday life, such experiences often fade into the background, seem unnoticeable in routine affairs, but now they can be felt much more acutely and vividly. And accordingly, there is a request to do something with these emotions.❗First of all, it is important to recognize and accept them. Suppressing and forcing yourself to have fun and rejoice through force will, unfortunately, only increase tension. It is much more effective to honestly examine your own emotions and give them names. I am attaching a table of emotions - it can be used as a support in this matter. Another support and hint can be your own sensations in the body : Dizziness, headache - can be a marker of an overabundance of impressions. Heat in the chest, tension in the jaw - as a possible sign of anger. Heaviness and persistent fatigue are similar to a signal of prolonged sadness. So, it turns out that the answer to the question “what to do with strong and overwhelming emotions?” - is to begin to notice, recognize and name them. At the same time, it is important to consider them as if from the outside, without condemnation and attempts to change one’s own reactions. For example: “I have a feeling of a lump in my throat and tears coming. I seem to be feeling frustrated and sad.” “I feel frozen and numb and at a loss for words when communicating - I’m very scared right now.” This exercise may seem too simple, but its benefit is that it 🔆 helps relieve excess tension 🔆 turns from internal struggle with emotions to creating contact and peace with oneself 🔆 helps develop and strengthen emotional intelligence skills This is also only the very first basic stage. In the following articles I will tell you what you can do next 🙂________________________________________________You can also read these articles in my Telegram channel, I invite you to subscribe https://t.me/helpfulpsychology