The Overwhelmed Brain

Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers

Should you be more tolerant of bad behavior when they can’t control themselves?

Sometimes we can’t help ourselves. Anger can come out of the blue and suddenly, we’re hurting someone we care about. 

I received an email from someone who believes that sometimes you need people in your life to understand that you are going to get upset now and again, and they should be empathetic for your inability to control it. They have ADHD and have a challenge controlling the emotions that come up. 

What is the solution? Should those you love be more tolerant of hurtful behavior or should they put you in your place, telling you to stop or else?

The path to empowerment is full of risk and reward

Empowerment means having choices and some level of control over the results you get in your life. Disempowerment, as you know, is quite the opposite.

In my book, I take you on a journey from disempowerment to empowerment. In this episode, I summarize the path to empowerment so that you can get a good start.

What to do when you’re going nowhere

If you’re on a road that you believe is never going to end and never going to get better, what do you do? Should you just accept that’s your lot in life and you should just deal with it?

Or do you take a leap of faith in a direction that leads to the unknown in hopes that life will get better? There is always hope, but sometimes it has to be pursued.

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Working through those old emotional triggers so that you can stop the PTSD and start living life again

Emotional triggers are what develop when you go through a traumatic event in your past, then the memory of that trauma stays with you and comes up at different times causing you to feel upset, hurt, or angry, which can affect your relationships and your life. Experiencing an emotional trigger is like PTSD and it needs to be healed if you want a higher quality of life.

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