The topic of emotions and feelings seems to many to be quite simple and understandable, so some comrades do not delve into it. But if you think about it, emotions and feelings are markers of our needs. Without them, we would have a poor understanding of what we need and what should be discarded, we would not perceive this world so poetically and we would not be bothered by beauty and ugliness, we would not strive for development and would not do what we like, etc. d..To begin with, let’s figure out what is the difference between feelings and emotions. EMOTIONS are short-term experiences in response to some events or situations (external or intrapsychic), having a pronounced subjective coloring and covering all types of sensitivity and experiences. Associated with the satisfaction (positive) and dissatisfaction (negative) needs of the body. They appear whether we want them or not. These are automatic reactions. Examples: fear, joy, anger, sadness, interest, etc. FEELINGS - longer-term experiences arising from different emotions that can last for weeks, months, years. They are more complex, stable, and diverse. Feelings require reflection and regulation; they are easier to control. Examples: jealousy, disappointment, love, confidence, loneliness, gratitude, etc. Why is it important to live your emotions? If you bring to awareness what your body is experiencing, then it will stop controlling you. Either you control them, or they control you - there are few options. Accumulated and suppressed emotions continue to live in your body, psyche, result in undesirable mental states, disorders, are the basis for many diseases, which greatly reduces the quality of life, spoils relationships with others and with yourself in the first place. So, it appeared, for example, the emotion of anger. If there is a person next to you who could contribute to the emergence of this emotion, it is best to express it directly (but without insults or rudeness): “Now I feel angry, after everything that happened, I’m really shaking, it’s difficult for me to control myself, I want tearing and throwing, I want to give vent to this aggression. So now I can be more unrestrained and rude than usual. I’m very uncomfortable with everything that happened, but I don’t want to harm anyone. How can we get out of this situation?” ... etc. If you are alone at this moment, you can voice approximately the same thing to yourself, it is also important to tell yourself that this reaction is natural, it appeared quite logically and naturally, you have the right to it; experiencing these emotions is part of your life, your nature, and it is impossible to refuse nature; are you able to cope with this, etc.. You can also use the technique of ridicule: “Now I am experiencing anger, such wild and ferocious anger that my claws will just start to grow, my teeth will lengthen, I will start jumping on trees and screaming about it.” , how I want to do something terrible, crazy, cruel, to make it easier! Yes, I’ll just beat all the records of Hannibal Lector, the Joker is just resting! Hold me seven, how angry I am now!” A good option would be to additionally trample some branch, earth, pieces of paper, stones, beat a tree, pillow, sand, toy, etc. Stomp your feet, jump, run, do push-ups, etc. Moreover, it is important to realize and experience not only negative emotions, but also positive ones, no matter how strange it may sound. As soon as you begin to experience an emotion, to be in it in the moment, it becomes very clear to you, and if before that a negative emotion caused unpleasant sensations, clamps, clouding, anxiety, now it simply dissolves, disappears and lets you go on a long voyage in its own fascinating way. psyche. This feeling of lightness, pleasantness and omnipotence is incomparable to anything else..