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Emotional Flooding

Definition:

You experience sudden waves of overwhelming emotion that make it hard to think clearly, function normally, or respond rationally.

What to Do:

You need to identify what triggers your emotional flooding.

Then practice managing and responding to your emotions in healthy ways by consistently and deliberately using regulation techniques when they come up.

And use healthy coping strategies whenever it starts to feel unmanageable.

Why:

When you know the cause of your emotional flooding, you get a better idea of what you need to focus on when practicing and how to reduce your exposure to the things that trigger it.

Important: It’s a good idea to also look through the examples in the “How to Do It” section to see what this approach looks like in real life.

Emotional flooding is a normal human experience.

But some people are better at responding to it than others.

There are many reasons for this, one of them being narcissistic abuse.

If you’ve experienced it, you may struggle with emotional flooding more than someone who hasn’t.

But don’t think of it as something that’s “wrong” with you, because it isn’t.

It’s a skill you get to build, not a flaw you have to carry.

And skills are something anyone can build with practice.

Important: It’s a good idea to also look through the examples in the “How to Do It” section to see what this approach looks like in real life.

Your emotional flooding isn’t going to disappear overnight.

So it’s important to use healthy coping strategies when it comes up.

That way you can move through it instead of getting stuck in it.

Important: It’s a good idea to also look through the examples in the “How to Do It” section to see what this approach looks like in real life.

How to Do It:

These are examples of how other members of Unfilteredd have applied this in their own lives.

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