Understanding Emotionally Absorptive Behavior
Do you seem to take on other people’s emotions and then have trouble managing them?
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Navigating Emotional Sponge Challenges
In this video I answer a viewer question and discuss two reason you can be an emotional sponge:
- 1Having low emotional intelligence
- 2Being a people pleaser or wanting to save people
I also discuss 5 ways to stop being an emotional sponge
- 1Increase your self-awareness. You can get help identifying your true emotions with emotions cards that you can download from
- 2Identify the origin of your emotions
- 3Learn to manage your emotions so they don’t overwhelm you
- 4Establish clear boundaries between yourself and others
- 5Understand what’s behind your need to save people
If you have trouble recognizing your emotions, you can use emotions cards to identify your emotions. You can get these cards as a download by entering your name and email and I’ll send them to you.
Videos references:
How to Manage Your Emotions
How to Challenge Your Distorted Thoughts
