Releasing of Emotions

Today, I went for a interpersonal relationship skills course. Lol, i need Sexual intercourse skill more than this. Nvrtheless, a very interesting course I can say and it do cover some grey areas that i never knew. Learn alot on emotion intelligence. There’s a part in it that teach us abt the releasing of emotion that I find useful and interesting. Do some research online and found better information on it.

http://www.trans4mind.com/heart/emotions3.html#release

Guess most people will be more familiar with the 3 other methods of handling emotions.

1)To suppress the feeling.
But suppressed feelings don't go away - they build up and fester inside, causing anxiety, tension, depression, and a host of stress-related problems. The repressed energy (or 'charge') these suppressed feelings create eventually drives you to behave in ways you don't like or understand, and which you cannot control.


2)To express the feeling.
By 'blowing up' or losing our tempers we relieve the pressure of the accumulated emotions. This can feel good because it puts the feeling into action - but it doesn't get rid of the feeling, or the roots that create the feeling; it simply relieves the pressure of it momentarily. Negative emotions may also be unpleasant for the person on the receiving end, which in turn causes more distress and guilt.


3)By attempting to avoid the issue.
By attending instead to distractions - by talking, watching TV, eating, smoking, drinking, taking drugs, having sex, etc. But despite our attempts to escape them, the feelings are still there - and still take their toll in the form of stress.