Things to do to make yourself more emotionally stable

Emotional stability is one of the most primary things we need in life in order to make our relationships stable. Be it with ourselves or with others, emotions play a very important role in getting us through relationships. If the stability to the emotions is non-existent, it makes for a turbulent relationship, which in turn causes more harm to us mentally and emotionally. Hence, a certain amount of stability is mandatory in our lives to help us get through. While some of us carry the burden of trauma from past experiences and take more time to stable our minds, it can help us in making our adult relationships more mature and easier.

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Psychologist Nicole LePera spoke of the things that we need to do in order to make ourselves more emotionally stable. They are as follows:

Unsubscribe from urgency culture: The sense of urgency is caused by the surroundings. But when we start to subscribe to the urgency culture on a regular basis, we end up not taking care of our emotional health enough. We should respond to situations only when we are in the space to do the same.

Assumptions: Making assumptions and creating situations in our mind can also adversely affect our mood. Instead, it is important to address the situation and dig deeper on what may be causing the sense of assumptions.

Needs: Assuming that others can read our minds and meet our expectations will only get us disappointed. Instead, the healthy thing to do is to speak of the needs and the expectations we have from our partners.

Giving back: We should also ensure that relationships are a two-way street. If our needs and expectations are getting met, we must give back as well.

Saying no: No is a sentence in itself, and should be used frequently when we are not comfortable to come onboard with something. We should learn to put ourselves first.

Nature: nature has the power to heal. We should go out into the greenery and let nature do its job.

Regulate emotions: Instead of having quick reactions to things, we should learn to take a pause, breathe and regulate our emotions to behave and respond more maturely.

Doing what we love: Connecting with ourselves through things we love is the best type of self-love we can practice.