We are emotional beings in their entirety. As such, everything that we live in is intensely felt by each one of us. In order for you to bett...
We are emotional beings in their entirety. As such, everything that we live in is intensely felt by each one of us.
In order for you to better understand what emotional intoxication is about, I will give a simple example. Suppose you ate your favorite food dish. You were so comfortable eating that you didn't measure how much you ate and you got really full. The consequence of eating uncontrollably is indigestion.
It is the same thing that happens when you feel something intensely. Imagine that you have a problem with your parents or anyone important to you. You got so upset, even though you said everything you thought, you still don't stop feeling bad.
Emotional intoxication is the harmful accumulation of emotions that ultimately make people sick.
As you can read at the beginning, it has its origin in personal and emotional problems. A love breakup, the loss of a family member, loss of work, problems with a partner, etc.
This situation affects the psychological and physical well-being to a point where you begin to suffer irritability, depression, instability, fatigue.
In conclusion, emotional intoxication is the result of not giving yourself time to learn to process your inner life.
How Do You Know If You Have Emotional Intoxication?
Let's be honest, many times we are not able to realize that we are about to overflow. Sometimes you are so used to feeling sad, tired or irritable, that it is normal to live yes.
Despite that, it is only fair that you be aware that it is not normal to feel bad every day. You don't deserve to live dealing with anger, sadness, or emotional exhaustion every day.
Therefore, we will expose below 5 behaviors that indicate that you are dealing with strong emotional intoxication.
1- Be On The Defensive
Self-protection mode is a common attitude in people who are emotionally intoxicated.
Anyone with that kind of attitude will constantly feel under attack. He is so defensive that any comment is misinterpreted. As a result, he will attack whoever is allegedly attacking him.
The worst thing is that he is so alert to an attack, that he is attentive to words or attitudes that indicate it.
Behind this is hidden great insecurity that is now "skin deep"; hence the need to constantly defend oneself. His self-esteem is so diminished that he is in a state of total vulnerability; hence the need to protect himself.
All that accumulation of conflicting emotions makes you selectively listen to constant attacks.
For example, it may be that someone only argues something you said, but that person raises their voice in their passion. The result is that defense mode is immediately activated in you; This is how you end up attacking someone who only argued a point of view.
2- Excessive Criticism
Do you have an uncompromising attitude? Well, let me tell you that if you are constantly criticizing yourself and others, you are going through emotional intoxication.
Demanding yourself is good because it measures your capabilities, but everything has its limits.
It is normal that when someone goes through emotional intoxication they demand more. But this does not stop there, it also becomes extremely critical of what others do.
This need to have everything under control can seriously deteriorate personal relationships.
3- Isolate Yourself Because You Feel Down
Some emotions can be overwhelming. Sadness and pessimism can be so exhausting that the way you react is by isolating yourself.
This is done for protection. We don't want anyone to bother us, we don't want to talk about how or why we feel that way. We just want to be alone until we feel better.
4- Bad Treatment of Those Around You
This aspect goes hand in hand with several of the previous points.
Who could get along with someone who is constantly on the defensive or ready to criticize? Nobody.
The contempt and constant offenses to those who love us are the fastest way to get to be alone. A person with emotional intoxication becomes aggressive and dangerous. They are like bombs always about to explode.
They are in such a state of susceptibility that it makes them highly volatile. This occurs because in them there is an emotional block where they are unable to measure the consequences of their actions. Also, they lack empathy and understanding. The result is aggression towards others.
It is important that you know that aggression arises as a result of the projection of your own internal fears and discomforts. By not knowing how to get rid of all that stress, what you do is take out your frustration with others.
5- Self-Sabotage
A person with emotional intoxication tends to put many obstacles in their way.
Life itself is very complex. If to complete you start to put obstacles, the picture tends to be very gray.
It is of the utmost importance that you get out of that negative state. The only way you're not going to sink into that mud is to acknowledge your fears.
Being afraid of what you want to achieve translates into a strong fear of uncertainty; not knowing what will happen in the future.
How Can You Overcome Emotional Intoxication?
Of course, it takes willpower to be able to work on ourselves. The first thing is to recognize that you need to get out of that harmful situation. Knowing that you are in emotional intoxication gives you a certain power of recognition.
The point to follow is to give yourself time. Accepting that you feel sad, overwhelmed or that you can no longer handle your life is good. You recognize that you are not well and you are beginning to look for a way to control yourself or to seek help.
It is also necessary that when you feel overwhelmed, you know how to ask for space to process that emotion. If you don't have someone to trigger your irritability, no one is going to get hurt.
One way to effectively deal with emotional intoxication is to meditate. Meditating connects you with your inner self; In addition, it helps you understand the reasons why you feel overwhelmed by harmful emotions.
That is the goal you must achieve; learning to know yourself gives you power and control over your emotions. Do you want to try it?
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