In some situations, overly emotional people cannot control themselves, which they regret very much later. Scientists have proven that a surge of negative emotions, contrary to popular belief, adversely affects our physical and mental state, leaving behind a lot of complexes and psychological trauma.
Instruction manual
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Universal methods for controlling your own emotions do not exist. All people are different, therefore, everyone has their own approaches to solving this problem. However, psychologists believe that confident people can cope with emotions caused by external stimuli. Therefore, if you want to learn how to hide your emotions, you must first of all work on your self-esteem. This is pretty easy to do.
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To begin, write on a piece of paper in two columns of your friends and enemies. You will see that there are many more people who treat you well. Understand that they love you because you are a good person - it will raise your self-esteem a little. After that write down your negative qualities on one page, and your positive qualities on the second. Try to review your shortcomings, explain them and turn them into your strengths - this will also affect self-esteem. In addition, every day let yourself in a small summary of what you have managed in a day. You will understand that in reality you are a strong and capable person.
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After increasing your self-esteem, try to learn to relate to everything with irony. It is humor that in most cases helps to cope with negative emotions and hide them. If you suddenly come across a person who wants to offend you, and instead of getting upset, you laugh at it, the offender will understand his weakness in front of you, and you will feel a surge of strength and confidence that you won a small victory over your emotions.
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Helps to hide negative feelings and not break off will help receiving a psychological mask. When for some reason you are sad or upset, pretend that you are experiencing the opposite emotions. After a while you will see that thanks to this you will actually feel better.
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If you are too emotional, try dosing your feelings. For example, if you are faced with some kind of problem, do not splash your emotions at once, respond more gently, choose neutral words, imagine that it doesn’t matter to you. Distract from your thoughts until you are left alone. After that, write everything that you think on a piece of paper or discuss it with one person closest to you, and you will feel better.