Learning to Regulate Ourselves: Reacting vs. Overreacting

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Learning to Regulate Ourselves Reacting vs.
Overreacting
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• Sometimes difficult situations, such as arguments
  or miscommunications, can cause people to become
  angry and instead of reacting the way that they
  should, they overreact. Of course, it is
  important to react to situations and feel
  emotions when we should, but there is a
  difference between reacting and overreacting.
  Overreacting to a situation can be off-putting
  and it can cause rifts between friendships.
  Learning how to regulate yourself and your
  behavior when you are angry can help keep your
  relationships healthier.

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• The Danger of Overreacting
• You cannot take back whatever you say when you
  are angry. Take the time to be wise about how to
  act when you are angry. It helps to control your
  actions and the words that you say. Being mindful
  when something unfortunate happens can help you
  express your emotions clearly but gently, while
  not pushing people away.
• Learning to Slow Down and Analyze the Event
• When something happens that causes you to be
  angry, its important that you take a breath and
  take a little time to analyze the event. Just a
  few seconds can

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• make a difference. It will give you a moment to
  decide how you want to react to the event. When
  you dont take a moment to analyze the event that
  would make you angry, you may overreact with rage
  instead of an appropriate amount of anger.
  Learning how to calm yourself before you react is
  one way of making sure that you dont push away
  people that you care about.
• Talking with a counselor can help you become more
  mindful and allow you to understand how to
  properly react when you are going through
  something that you dont know how to deal with.
  Counselors can give you insight and help you walk
  through where you may have overreacted and how to
  manage your emotions.

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