Are Your Emotions Healthy?

Healthy Emotions: Healthy LivingWhat are healthy emotions? Do you know the difference? Why is it that it seems like we feel more than we think?
Knowing the difference between your thoughts and feelings is very important. We think therefore we feel. The challenge is to learn how to cope with emotions associated with our thinking in a more proactive rather than a reactive way. If we can learn how to first identify our emotions, we can then effectively cope/express or act on in a productive manner and let them go. For every emotion there is a healthy and unhealthy way to express that feeling (healthy sadness vs. unhealthy depression, healthy fear vs. unhealthy fear, healthy anger vs. unhealthy anger, etc.) Below listed are healthy emotions compared to unhealthy emotions.
Healthy Emotions
You are able to feel emotions and identify your feeling (I feel?)
You are able to communicate/express your emotions in a productive manner
Your feelings are appropriate in response to an event or situation
Your negative feelings go away after a short period of time
You are able to identify the thought associated with your feeling (Thinking about living healthy makes me feel happy)
Symptoms of Unhealthy Emotions
You are unable to identify your feelings (I feel fine or I don't know how I feel)
You are unable to communicate/express your emotions effectively
Your feelings are far out of proportion (over-reaction) to situations
Your negative feelings do not seem to go away
You are unable to identify the thoughts associated with your feelings
The above gives you some idea about recognizing if your emotions are healthy or unhealthy. The first step is awareness. Once we become aware of our problem areas, we can than implement change and new skills