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“You have to know your emotions to manage them intelligently and normally”
Psychology
The search for well-being and happiness goes through the cultivation of a series of practical keys that the psychologist Joan Piñol describes with precision and simplicity
The number of people who go to the psychologist has increased, and the Covid pandemic for this to happen. It is not that with him Coronavirus New sensations have emerged, which is also that now some emotions hidden for a long time in the depths of our being have begun to awaken and have made many see the need to go to a specialist to feel better about themselves and solve its internal dualities.
He says the psychologist Joan Piñol that “the confinement has done a lot of damage”, and the truth is that the publication of his book “Emotional well-being. Keys to living better ”has reached the bookstores at the best time. When he wrote it, Covid was only an isolated topic in the news, so everything that is hidden between its pages will help you to face difficult moments in life more effectively and help you live better.
Watch your emotions
Apparently, as Joan Piñol says, you have to know how to identify the six basic emotions: sadness, happiness-joy, fear, anger-anger, disgust and surprise. “We must try to stay in the state of mind in which we feel good, be calm and where we see that we control and dominate our emotions.”
«I always say that emotion is the first reaction to a stimulus. It is essential to know our emotions and act knowing that it is normal that we are sadder now than before the Covid, for example. According to the psychologist, brain level we have the emotional and rational part and to everyone’s surprise, 80% of our decisions are emotional, “although we have based everything on the rational”. «Emotions manage our life and there will be times when we are afraid and we have to know how to manage it. I, like everyone else, suffer from stress and the important thing is to have a good environment and to be able to express emotions, be they good or bad. Know how to manage and transmit them ».
The search for well-being and happiness goes through the cultivation of a series of practical keys that the author reels with precision and simplicity: a good knowledge of our emotional world, healthy habits (diet or physical and cognitive exercise), relaxation techniques and the cultivation of positivity, laughter, abrazo or generosity. «With those small actions that make us feel good about ourselves and others, well-being and happiness are within your reach ».
Not only is fear a sensation that we fear to feel, but another of those emotions that paralyze us are uncertainty and surprise. Joan Piñol refers to it as “one of the worst emotions there is”, but we must accept that uncertainty and surprise will not disappear because there is always something that is not in our power. What’s more, the psychologist defends that the “normal” thing is that they accompany us in our day to day. «Take, for example, that in a death there is no sadness … that is a rare factor for psychologists because when someone dies the feeling that addresses us is sadness. With uncertainty it is the same, and that is why emotions must be known first to be able to manage them with intelligence and normality “, he concludes.