Emotions are Contagious

Dealing With a Mood Infection

Did you know that emotions are contagious? When other people’s moods surround us, we will often pick these up.

But we can’t resolve an emotion (read the signals it’s giving) if the emotion wasn’t originally triggered in us.

Because of this, it is vital to learn how to let go of bad feelings that you may have picked up from others and get back to feeling calm again as soon as possible.

The most important life skill that you will ever learn.

If you are feeling angry, hurt, depressed, etc., first ask yourself if the emotion is yours or if you may have picked it up from someone else around you.

If the Emotion Doesn’t Belong to You: an Exercise . . .

Go ahead and feel the emotion in your lungs and heart area, and then imagine the feeling is in a balloon inside you that keeps getting bigger as you breathe. When it finally grows larger than your body, see the balloon become more like a soap bubble that will eventually pop on its own, and all of the bad feelings float away . . .

Now imagine your …