\u201cSorry, I guess I overreacted.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Familiar words?)<\/em><\/p>\n Of course you did. You held it in, and held it in, and held… etc.<\/p>\n Why? Because you didn\u2019t want to make an Issue out of just an Event.\u00a0(See: # 154<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n So then why did you?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because it was not ‘just’ an Event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the formula:<\/p>\n * For as long as you feel that you have to hold-it<\/strong>-in then \u2018it<\/strong>\u2019 is something that\u00a0does<\/strong> bother \/annoy you.<\/p>\n * If it happens just once or twice let it go, if you can.<\/p>\n * If you can\u2019t, then the next \/third time the same thing happens, don\u2019t hold it in.<\/p>\n Let it out.<\/p>\n Then and there.<\/p>\n There\u2019s never a \u2018good\u2019 time to do so.<\/p>\n Holding it in until it becomes so intolerable it spills out\u00a0anyways<\/em> is not profitable.<\/p>\n By then it\u2019s way too large! It grew only in your mind, not in others. They were not adding up these Events.<\/p>\n You were.<\/p>\n So avoid everyone\u2019s opinion that you are overreacting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have it out\u00a0before<\/strong> it gets even bigger.<\/p>\n Take the time.<\/p>\n Make the time.<\/p>\n And with less pressure behind it, because you acted so soon, you can let it out in a much more acceptable\u00a0(to others <\/em>and<\/em><\/strong> yourself!)<\/em> way.<\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n # 5 <\/strong>Decision<\/a> – 7 <\/strong>Disaster<\/a> – 14 <\/strong>Eliminating Triggers<\/a> – 18 <\/strong>Being Triggered<\/a> – 71 <\/strong>Nice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 75 <\/strong>Same<\/a> – 95 <\/strong>Ring\/Knock<\/a> – 132 <\/strong>Taking it Personally<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cSorry, I guess I overreacted.\u201d (Familiar words?) Of course you did. You held it in, and held it in, and held… etc. Why? Because you didn\u2019t want to make an Issue out of just an Event.\u00a0(See: # 154) So then why did you? Because it was not ‘just’ an Event. Here is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25,40,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-emotions","7":"category-hesitation","8":"category-problem-solving","9":"category-relationships","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}