Emotions are fierce and wild and don’t take well to anyone attempting to domesticate them.

I regret every action I took when uncontrollable emotions enslaved me.

Just last week, someone standing behind me in a supermarket said something awful to me and I stood there, powerless and hurt. I wanted to smack this stranger who watched me with a sneer in his eyes. The burning feeling to lash out was so strong I had to focus on my clenched hands to unclench them.

Even after I counted 1 to 5 and unclenched my five fingers, my face still burned.

“Next…” the cashier called out. Time to pay for my groceries and get the hell out.

But no. When I put my groceries on the cashier stand, it came to me: the just-right poison cocktail of words to deliver. The perfect knock-out verbal punch. I turned back to the stranger and hurled a lethal slingshot retort just in time.

I felt terrible afterward.

Whenever emotions get the better of me and I react, it made me feel worse instead of better.

I want to know how to deal with emotions. Don’t you?

If you are someone who doesn’t know how to deal with emotions, this article is for you. Here are ways you can start practicing to deal with emotions before they get the better of you. Here we go…

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To your inspiration,

Banchi