Learn to release your emotions.

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Here are a few calming methods that generally enhance your ability to regulate emotions, no matter what emotional issues you're suffering from.

Establish a steady sleep schedule. Get into the habit of going to bed and waking up at the same time, knowing the amount of sleep you need to feel and function your best (most likely 7-9 hours per night). Observe your sleep schedule on weekdays and weekends. Occasionally go to bed earlier or later by an hour or two if necessary, but try not to vary the length of your sleep by more than an hour. Unless, of course, you need extra rest when you're sick.

Set yourself a digital device curfew. Before going to bed at night, turn off all digital devices at least 90 minutes before, dim the lights, and do quiet and relaxing activities, such as reading, stretching, listening to music, or taking a warm bath. Doing so helps calm the sympathetic nervous system in preparation for sleep.

Get your body and mind moving. Just 10 minutes a day of aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, jogging, biking, or swimming, can help prevent stress hormones from binding to receptors and causing nervousness or fatigue. Remember, regular exercise can also relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Regularly control your emotions. Try to identify exactly how you feel, in other words, increase the granularity of your emotions. Then, identify how you're feeling: If you notice you're feeling tense, anxious, irritable, or depressed, take a short break to yourself, do deep breathing exercises or meditation, listen to soothing music, smell a soothing scent, or Take a walk around the block.

Take care of your gut flora. This means eating fresh foods with live bacteria, fiber-rich foods, fermented foods, and anti-inflammatory foods every day, such as colorful vegetables and fruits, whole and crushed grains, legumes, nuts, extra virgin olive oil, fish, and shellfish. It's a powerful way to calm physical and emotional inflammation from the inside out. Make sure to drink enough decaffeinated fluids throughout the day.

Correct your distorted thinking. Get in the habit of paying attention to your thoughts. When you find them tangled or twisted, take a moment to question their authenticity. Ask yourself how likely it is that your worst fear will happen, or whether there is any evidence that the negative information you have been given is true. If your thoughts are wrong, correct them and replace them with truer (and more valid) statements.

Connect with nature in awe. Take a walk in the woods, garden, or park and immerse yourself in sensory stimulation: take a closer look at the naturally magical patterns of trees and plants, and listen to the sounds of nature (the rustling of the wind through the trees, the chirping of birds, and the murmur of streams) sound), staring at the stars. Appreciate the awe and surprise that nature brings to humans, you are part of humanity.

In a world devoured by all kinds of information, the outbreak of emotional inflammation is inevitable, but fortunately, it is not hopeless. I believe we can all find ways to heal ourselves.

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