Word for not feeling emotions

In this lesson, you’re going to learn 60 negative feelings in English. Also check out 8 Better Words for “Happy” Plus 33 More Positive Emotion Adjectives & Idioms.

Talking about our feelings, especially negative feelings, isn’t easy — even in our first language.

So today I’m going to show you different words to describe negative emotions in English.

You’re going to learn:

• Other words for sad
• Other words for angry
• Other words for anxious
• Other words for jealous
• Other words for regretful
• Other words for bored
• Other words for tired

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Other Words for “Anxious”

VOICE IN YOUR HEAD: What if it breaks?
YOU: But this is Canada! Nothing breaks here!
VOICE IN YOUR HEAD: Nothing’s perfect. Remember that story in the news last year?
YOU: It’ll be fine.
VOICE IN YOUR HEAD: But will it?
YOU: … erm …

Nervous

In many languages, “nervous” and “excited” have the same meaning.

So sometimes I hear, “I have to go to see the doctor today. I’m excited.”

Which isn’t the feeling I usually get when I have to go and see the doctor. Unless it’s THE doctor:

So “nervous” is basically the negative of “excited.” That feeling before an exam, seeing the doctor or when you’re about to cross a massive rope bridge.

Stressed

OK. We all know what this means, right?

Just remember that “stressed” is how you feel — not “stressful.”

Use “stressed” for the situation:

“I’m stressed. This Christmas shopping is really stressful. Perhaps I should become a pagan or something.”

Afraid

OK. As you’re about to see, we have three words for “afraid” and at least two for “very afraid.”

The first word for “afraid” is … erm … “afraid.”

Blog lists sometimes aren’t as simple as they seem to be.

Scared

This means “afraid.”

“It’s only a quick checkup — nothing to be scared of.”

Frightened

And again — it means “afraid.”

Why do we have so many words for “afraid”?

Why is Samuel L. Jackson in every film ever made?

The answer to both those questions is … “I don’t know.”

Terrified

This one means “very afraid.”

“Scared of spiders? He’s absolutely terrified of them.”

Petrified

This one also means “very afraid,” so it’s like “terrified,” but there’s a little extra meaning in there.

Originally this word meant “turned into stone.”

So it’s like you’re so frightened that you can’t move.

Like you’ve been turned into stone.

Unsettled

This is a mix of “worried” and “anxious.”

When you just can’t relax.

Think about how a mother might feel when her teenage kid is out with his friends.

She’s not relaxing until he’s home, right?

Or when you’re waiting for your latest exam result.

On edge

This is pretty much the same as “unsettled.”

Sometimes we use it to describe a personal characteristic.

We’ve all met that guy, right? The one who just can’t relax. Always worried about something.

He’s on edge.

“Every time the president says something it puts me on edge.”

Have butterflies in your stomach

Feeling nervous?

Then you’ve got butterflies in your stomach.

Nice phrase, yeah? I mean, it really feels like that sometimes, right?

Apprehensive

You know that feeling?

Something bad’s going to happen. But you don’t know what.

And you don’t know why.

You just know.

It’s basically about feeling worried about the future, even though there may not be any reason to.

Distressed

You might have noticed the word “stressed” in “distressed.”

Well, it’s similar but not quite the same.

“Distressed” means “upset” or “worried.”

Jittery

This is also a bit like “on edge” or “unsettled.”

And this time, we can really see it.

He just won’t sit down! Or stop walking up and down the room.

Think about someone who’s had too much coffee.

Fidgety

“Oh sit still! Please! You’re so fidgety.”
“I can’t — I’m too nervous. He’ll be here any moment.”

This one means you’re so nervous that you can’t stop moving parts of your body.

Maybe you’re kicking your leg against the chair or maybe just moving your hands around.

It’s similar to “jittery.”

Restless

A lot of these adjectives describe someone moving around because they’re too nervous.

And this is another one of those.

When you’re restless, you can’t relax because you’re too worried.

Uneasy

This one is quite general.

Use it to describe a general feeling of anxiety or discomfort.

Other Words for “Angry”

Grrrr! She’s really angry.

But I would be too. I’m always angry when someone steals my dolls.

Furious

Very angry.

Livid

Very, very angry. We’re talking more than dolls here.

“How did he react to the news?”
“He was absolutely livid!”

Pissed off

Very angry. But be careful with this one — it’s pretty rude. Friends only!

Annoyed

Slightly angry and irritated.

It’s quite a low-level anger. Like when the builders next door are making loads of noise. Or that bee won’t leave you alone.

Miffed

This is basically the same as “annoyed.” It’s rather British, though.

“To be honest, I was a bit miffed when I found out they’d all gone to watch the new Star Wars film without me.”

Bitter

The older I get, the more I make sure I don’t get bitter.

You can look at people younger than you and say, “Hey! That’s cool! Look at them! I was that young once, but now it’s over and everything’s fine.”

Or you could choose to be bitter about it — hating the young because you just don’t have that fresh-faced beauty and trust in the world anymore.

I usually go for the first option. It’s the better one, right?

Enraged

Really, really angry. The same as “furious.”

It’s amazing how many words we have for “angry,” isn’t it?

Exasperated

Furious. Enraged. Pissed off. Very, very angry.

Why do we have so many of these?

At (your) wit’s end

When you’ve run out of patience, and you’re ready to explode!

“I’ve tried and tried, but I can’t get the pieces to fit. Honestly, I’m at wit’s end!”

Cross

This is basically the same as “angry.”

But it’s a little weaker.

I usually think of a mother saying something like:

“If you push that dog one more time, I’m going to be very cross with you.”

Fuming

Absolutely furious!

Again — we have a lot of words for “very, very angry.”

I’d like to know why.

Irate

Here’s another one. It means “very, very angry.”

Incensed

The last one. Guess what it means? Yep! Furious! Enraged! Pissed off! Livid! Fuming!

Or very, very angry.

Other Words for “Sad”

She’s gone! The love of his life!

And they only got nine days together.

He’ll never forget her! Maybe.

Down

“Hey, how’s it going?”
“I dunno. I’m feeling a bit down today.”

Sometimes we just feel a bit sad. Maybe there’s a reason for it or maybe there isn’t.

Either way, we can say we’re feeling down.

Low

Or if you’re bored of using “down,” use “low” instead. They have the same meaning.

Both “down” and “low” are idiomatic adjectives.

Down in the dumps

“What’s a ‘dump’?” you might ask.

A dump is that place where all your rubbish goes after it gets collected.

Kind of a sad place, isn’t it?

Depressed

This is actually a medical term and can be a serious psychological disorder.

But sometimes we also use it when someone’s kind of “long-term” unhappy.

Maybe they’ve just split up with someone.

Or maybe they’ve been reading the news too much.

“I think he’s depressed. He hasn’t left the house for weeks.”

Unhappy

Erm … not happy.

Or sad.

Melancholic

This is an interesting one.

It’s a kind of sadness but has a daydreamlike quality to it.

It kind of feels like this:

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We often use it to describe the arts, like a melancholic song or a melancholic picture.

A melancholic scene in a film would have a kind of dreamy sadness to it.

Sullen

He’s in a bad mood, and he won’t really talk to anyone.

At best you’ll get a one-word answer from him.

He’s being sullen.

Sulky

This is similar to “sullen,” though a little more negative.

She hasn’t got what she wanted, and now she’s going to sulk.

She’s going to ignore you and not talk to you.

“Don’t be so sulky. There’ll be another ice cream van soon.”

Heartbroken

Have you ever suffered from a broken heart?

Remember that feeling? That’s being heartbroken.

Hurts, doesn’t it?

Crestfallen

So you got the promotion! You’ve been made mega-super-boss-manager, and you’re going to be on that massive salary, working in New York, company car, Manhattan penthouse flat. Everything!

Then you find out that you got the wrong memo, and in fact, you’ve been fired.

Very disappointed, right?

And sad. Very, very sad.

Or crestfallen.

Other Words for “Jealous”

She loves him.

He loves her.

And that other guy just isn’t happy about that.

Envious

There’s a subtle difference between envy and jealousy.

Jealousy is about fear — fear of losing something (or usually someone) to another person.

Envy is just that feeling of “You have that. And I want it!”

Green with envy

Yep. Envy comes in a colour.

And that colour is green!

You can use this like an adjective:

“Oh! You should’ve seen him! He was green with envy!”

The green-eyed monster

This one comes from the Shakespeare play, Othello.

We use it to describe jealousy as a character.

Some quick research shows that we can talk about dealing with the green-eyed monster, taming the green-eyed monster or how the green-eyed monster is a problem to overcome.

“They were getting along just fine. Then the green-eyed monster reared its ugly head.”

Yeah. Jealousy’s ugly.

Resentful

Have you ever been treated unfairly?

Maybe the cops stopped you for no reason.

Or maybe the guy who buys cakes for the boss got the promotion, even though he can’t count past 199.

Then you probably felt resentful.

Other Words for “Regretful”

“I can’t believe what I’ve done! I’ll never find a 1980s orange-and-brown vase again!”

Yeah. That’s probably a good thing.

Ashamed

Back in December, we looked at the differences between “ashamed” and “embarrassed.”

To summarise, shame is a negative feeling you get as a result of something about YOU.

Perhaps it’s because of something you’ve done that didn’t meet your own personal standards.

Embarrassed

If feeling ashamed is because of something you did that didn’t meet your own personal standards, feeling embarrassed is more about how other people look at you.

You feel bad because they might be laughing at you or judging you in some way.

“After what she did last week, she’s too embarrassed to show her face at work.”

Guilty

Feeling guilty is related to feeling bad, but not for yourself (that’s “ashamed”) but for other people.

Let’s say you borrow a friend’s iPad, and you break it.

That feeling in your stomach that you get because your friend doesn’t have an iPad anymore? That’s guilt.

Remorseful

This word is quite strong and means “very, very regretful and guilty for something you’ve done.”

This feeling is usually a long-term one — the subconscious dealing with what you’ve done.

Other Words for “Bored”

There he is — stuck in a conversation with Megan. Probably the most boring woman EVER!

He’ll never escape.

Bored stiff

Very bored — about one minute into a conversation with Megan.

“When can we go? I’m bored stiff.”

Bored out of my mind

Very, very bored — about a minute and a half into a conversation with Megan.

Uninterested

Not interested. But not totally bored.

Sick and tired

This is a little different.

We use this when we talk about something we’re doing.

So you can get sick and tired of watching Game of Thrones (this happened to me after one episode) or sick and tired of working in the same place every day.

Other Words for “Tired”

“Please. No … more … cat … videos.”

Interestingly, there are different ways of feeling tired.

I mean — are you tired because you haven’t slept?

Or have you just been running around too much?

Fatigued

Fatigue is that special kind of tiredness that happens after repeating something for a long time.

Maybe you’ve been cycling for eight hours, and you suddenly just need to stop.

Or maybe you’ve been working far too long without a holiday.

Exhausted

Very, very tired.

“Exhaust” means “to completely finish or run out of something.”

When you’re exhausted, you’ve completely run out of energy.

Knackered

Very, very tired.

This one’s very British.

So say it to Americans and watch them get confused.

Great fun!

“I didn’t think I’d be so knackered after just one hour with those kids.”

Beat

This one’s more American than British.

But the British understand it because American stuff is EVERYWHERE! (I guess you noticed.)

It also means “very tired.”

Drained

This is similar to “exhausted.”

Very, very tired. Usually because you’ve been too active or stressed.

Sleepy

This is simply the state of wanting to sleep.

Your bed is calling you.

“What was in that drink? It’s made me so sleepy.”

Burned out

You work and work and work and work.

Then you snap. You just can’t work any more.

This is the feeling of extreme fatigue as a result of being overworked in the long term.

Take a break, yeah?

Drowsy

This is similar to “sleepy.”

Your eyes are half closed.

You want to go to sleep.

You say “hmmm….” instead of … well, instead of any sentence at all.

You’re drowsy.

It could be just because you need some sleep.

Or maybe you’ve had too much to drink.

Some medications also have a warning label:

“Warning: may cause drowsiness.”

Worn out

This basically means “very tired,” “exhausted” or “knackered.”

It comes from the phrasal verb “to wear someone out.”

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Wow — that was a long list.

But you made it this far! Well done!

You now know 60 words to describe negative feelings and emotions.

As a reward, have some lovely carrot cake:

But let’s finish with a question or two (or four):

1. Have you ever got burned out? If so, how did you deal with it? If not, how do you avoid it?
2. Is there anyone you know who makes you feel embarrassed? Who? Why?
3. What do you do to cheer up when you’re down in the dumps?
4. When was the last time you were bored out of your mind? Why?

Let me know in the comments!

As soon as you reply, I’ll leave mine! 🙂

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Have you ever stopped to analyze your words to express positive vs. negative emotions?

It may seem that words are just words, but they show positive vs. negative emotions.

Words are on our lips one second and evaporating the next, vanishing as quickly as they came.

Words are powerful!

Relating to positive vs. negative emotions,→Do you dwell on the bad or focus on the good?

Analyzing positive vs. negative emotions is crucial for your communication.

Perhaps you’ve heard the myth that Eskimos have 50 different words for snow.

Anthropologist Franz Boas is often credited for postulating this theory.

Although, in reality, he moderately suggested that the Inuit and Yupik languages contain a few more words for snow than other languages, and his theory later snowballed (no pun intended) out of control, becoming a vast exaggeration.

While a study performed in 2010 partially credited this theory, we now know that the number is nowhere near 50.

Either way, this fact points to an exciting reality: our view of the world shapes our language and vice versa

As a society, we develop a vocabulary for concepts most relevant to us and our lifestyle and, in turn, the words we use to tint our view of reality. The linguistic relativity hypothesis or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis refers to this behavior.

So, what do our positive and negative feelings words reflect about us? About our personalities? About our culture as a whole?

What’s in a name?

How can we possibly bottle something as abstract as emotion into a word? How can we extract its essence and condense it into a single name?

And, considering the full range of emotions we experience daily, how can we quantify the words we use to express positive and negative feelings?

So many words, so little time. Nonetheless, researchers have taken on the daunting task of compiling a list of emotions and categorizing them.

Different worldwide human emotions

Tiffany Watt Smith, for instance, listed 154 mixed universal human feelings.

It is interesting to note that some of the emotions on the list retain their names in their original languages.

For example, “dépaysement,” which refers to the feeling of being away from home, both good and bad, is expressed in original French. We may be tempted to think that its meaning is similar to that of “homesickness,” used in English, but it is uniquely distinct.

Anyone who speaks more than one language can attest that sometimes there is no accurate equivalent word for a particular emotion in another language, which lends some validity to the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

Each society’s unique experience conditions language and positive vs. negative emotions

Categorizing emotions

But a mere list of emotions seems to fall short when we consider that not all feelings feel as strong as others.

Some emotion words seem almost synonymous, but, at a closer glance, we may find that one word has a more definite connotation than another.

To categorize emotions, the book The Hourglass of Emotions identified four different emotional dimensions with intensities that vary across a point spectrum from +3 to -3 (for example, with ecstasy coming in at +3 and ranging over to its opposite, grief, at -3).

Other researchers have devised a similar system, identifying six emotional axes of opposite emotions that vary in intensity. Still, it is challenging to quantify feelings.

Positive vs. negative emotions

So, the elusive question remains: how many words do we have for positive vs. negative emotions?

How often do we use each?

One 2012 study published in EPJ Data Science analyzed the frequency of positive vs. negative word usage in English, Spanish, and German and found that words with positive emotional content are used more frequently.

This conclusion validates the Pollyanna hypothesis, which suggests a human tendency to focus on the positive, at least at a subconscious level.

At a conscious level, the theory postulates that our minds tend to dwell on the negative and, in a way, this study also supported that side of the hypothesis, demonstrating that negative emotion words contain more information than positive emotion words; that is, they’re more intense and descriptive.

This assumption makes sense, considering how strongly we seem to feel negative emotions.

However, in subtle ways, as demonstrated through the frequency of word usage, we are natural optimists, although it might not always feel like it.

How can positive word usage affect our psychology?

They often say that our thoughts change our behavior, but researcher Amy Cuddy has demonstrated that the reverse is also true: our behavior changes our thoughts.

If we adopt body language that reflects confidence, for example, our body chemistry changes in response and emotionally, we feel more confident.

Applying this principle to word usage, we can conclude that making an effort to incorporate more positive feeling words into our daily vocabulary will make us feel happier and more optimistic overall.

Try this:

1. Over a month:

• Take a few minutes every day to journal.
• Write a stream of consciousness style: write down everything that comes to mind.
• Do it, even if you jump from one idea to another.
• Write it down even if what you’re saying makes little sense or feels empty.
• Just get it down on paper without any filters: don’t overthink it.

2. At the end of the month:

• Read over your writing.
• Circle every positive emotion word you can find in green and every negative emotion word in red.
• Step back and scan your writing:
• Which color prevails?
• How does your language reflect on your outlook on life?
• Are you an optimist or a pessimist? 

Sometimes we speak without thinking. We criticize ourselves more than we should and dwell on our negative feelings without realizing the impact our words have on our psychology.

Seeing it on paper can help you evaluate any negative thought patterns you may have.

Be aware of the vocabulary you use for positive vs. negative emotions

Once you are aware of what kind of vocabulary you are using, you can take steps to make changes in your thinking patterns.

Continue to journal if you find value in that and see how often you can catch yourself using negative emotion words.

Write down your negative feelings and express them with their full intensity. Let them live on the page. Then let them go. See if you can find the silver lining in your situation.

Replace negative words with positive ones, interpreting your situation as a learning experience.

It may seem complicated, but the good news is that research demonstrates that we are natural optimists at heart. It’s in our nature. All we have to do is tap into that.

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I love words so hard, which is a big reason of why I write (although this sentence is far from a glowing example of my work). However, many times words—at least English ones—can hardly begin to describe subtle, complicated, overwhelming feelings we as human beings experience on the regular (or not so regular, TBH). That doesn’t mean those words don’t exist in general. Many of these feelings have do have names, they just don’t translate to English.

Man, other languages really nail stuff that I like and want. Stuff I can’t ask for in English like c afuné , a Brazilian-Portuguese word that means gently caressing someone’s hair and head. I feel like strong cafuné game is one of the most important qualities to evaluate in potential romantic partners.

Anyway, emotions definitely have the tendency to more complex than hair petting practices (I guess). They can be really tough to explain using strings or huge hunks of words. Gosh, wouldn’t relationships be so much easier if we all spoke multiple languages? I kinda suspect that would be the case. More appropriate words and explanations lead to further clarity, eliminating room for misinterpretation. Here’s some feelings described only with non-English words:

Forelsket

(Norwegian) The absolutely electric feeling one experiences at the very beginning process of falling in love.

Gigil

(Filipino) An overwhelming urge to squeeze or pinch something because it is so freaking cute. By the way, science explains this phenom (especially with biting).

Greng-jai

(Thai) Basically the uneasy feeling you get when someone goes out of their way to help you but you know it is a hassle. Pretty my default setting when asking for help in a retail space ever.

Iktsuarpok

(Inuit) Feeling anxious about visitors arriving, perhaps so much so you can’t stop checking the window for incoming evidence.

Koi no yokan

(Japanese) Unlike love at first sight, this phrase means the feeling that future love is possible upon first meeting someone. It has the capacity to warm even my stone-cold heart, so I mean.

Pena ajena

(Spanish) Experiencing peripheral mortification for someone else’s embarrassment.

Saudade

(Portuguese) A specifically crushing feeling of recognizing the fact that something you lost will never be found again. Like, holy emo LiveJournal, Batman. But we all do know this one personally, I’m sure.

Shemomedjamo

(Georgian) This is the feeling I get pretty much any Chipotle visit. It means you’re full AF but everything tastes so dang good, you just keep on munching away.

Torschlusspanik

(German) Hey! Here’s a cool one for all you kiddos in your late-20s. It means the searing panic feelings one experiences when they suspect opportunity windows close with age. Wee!

Waldeinsamkeit

(German) You know how sometimes you stand completely alone in the woods? No? You don’t do that? Well, if you did, it’d be called waldeinsamkeit, and it’s actually pretty dope.

Yuputka

(Ulwa) If you thought the woodsy words were done, you’re wrong. This one entails the feeling of walking in the forest alone and suspecting you’re covered in creepy crawlies. Sweet dreams!

Images: Agustín Ruiz/Flickr; Giphy(11)

Are you eager to learn how to turn off emotions and feelings? You have come to the right place! If you have ever suffered heartbreak, lost a loved one, or had other life-shattering experiences, you’ll understand why turning off one’s emotion and feeling is hard.   

Imagine losing the love of your life over a silly argument or an avoidable issue. And what’s even worse is that you have been with this person for several years. You see yourself in them and hope one day, you’ll make the person your life partner. 

So how do you explain to a person in this state to turn off their emotions and feelings? It’s difficult, we all know. But it’s also possible. You just have to let go. Turn off those strong feelings and emotions! Move on with your life. 

In this post, we took the liberty of explaining how you can turn off those strong feelings or emotions that are obviously weighing you down. Just read and apply the tips shared in this post.

Ways To Turn Off Emotions And Feelings

“I can control my emotions and feelings.” Say this to yourself. Without accepting that you can take full control, nothing will materialize. Understand that situations that will test your emotions will always arise as long as you’re alive. How you handle these situations is what’s most important. 

So quickly, here are simple ways to deal with your emotions and take full control over everything that’s making you grieve.

1: Understand the impact of your uncontrolled emotions and feelings:

It’s perfectly normal for people to feel some type of way when something happens – whether good or bad. But avoid giving too much attention to that situation. Otherwise, it will affect you emotionally and otherwise. 

One easy way to turn off your emotions and feelings is to understand the impact they’re having on your life. Find out how your uncontrolled emotions are affecting your work, relationships, social life and pushing you to abuse drugs. 

If you can take stock of the things your uncontrolled emotions and feelings are causing, you’ll find the inspiration you need to turn them off before your life gets ruined completely.

2: Unleash the power in your tongue:

You don’t have to be a religious person to make a positive confession over your life. Declare positive things over your life. Look in the mirror and appreciate yourself. Show self love. 

If you’re going through heartbreak, think of reasons leaving the relationship was the best decision ever. Give yourself reasons why the decision is a blessing in disguise. For instance, your partner might be a woman-abuser, liar, cheat or unambitious.

On the other hand, if you lost a dear friend, family or business associate, the only thing you can do is move on. It’s impossible to bring the person back to life. Your emotions or feelings won’t bring them back. 

In this case, you can turn off your emotions and feelings by remembering the good things you and the deceased did together. Remember their good deeds and move on. 

Words are powerful. And they can help you turn off your emotions and feelings when used in the right way.

Why Do I Need To Turn Off My Emotions?

Knowing why you need to turn off your emotion is a good place to start. A lot might be going through your head right now. However, pause for a while and take a deep breath.

Ask yourself some questions to understand what you are feeling. How do you feel right now? Are you furious? Are you disappointed? Could it be confusion or frustration?

You also need to identify what happened that makes you feel this way. Did someone say hurtful words to you? Are things not working as expected? Did a loved one treat you in a way you don’t like?

Alternatively, you could also try to look at the situation as objectively as you can. Is there another explanation for the situation that might make sense? Did the other person intend to hurt you? Could they be hurting too or going through some tough times? Are they sick or stressed?

These are pertinent questions. They will provide clarity about your feelings concerning certain persons and circumstances. The questions will also help you truly understand why these emotions overwhelm you and why you need to turn them off.

When you know what is triggering these emotions, then it is time to turn them off.

How Improving Attention Control Helps With Turning Off Emotions

Learning to interpret the situation more positively is an approach to controlling and turning off your emotions. You might ask, what could be positive about the way you are feeling? There may be none, but interpreting it positively will help control your focus on the situation.

Focus on how to do things differently next time. Create a space in your head where you recount what the experience has taught you. Apportioning blame for what caused these feelings is not the way to go about it.

Ditch the blame game. It is in the past already. Focus on picking out lessons to ensure that it does not happen again. The objective here is to not focus on the cause of the problem. Dwelling on the cause magnifies the situation beyond what it is.

Instead, the objective is to pick out the action steps for the future. Being proactive about ensuring that such a situation does not occur in the future helps you focus on the bigger picture than what you are currently experiencing.

In other words, when your attention shifts, you stop fueling the emotions. Invariably, you are turning them off.

Avoid emotional burnout triggers: 

Continuous negative emotions are destructive to your health. Dwelling on frustration, worry, disgust, pain, sadness, anger, jealousy, etc., is unhealthy. The longer you dwell on them, the more you are consumed by them. 

You will continue to wallow in it till it becomes a pattern. It becomes a pattern, which is difficult to break. Not just that, you could easily trigger these feelings automatically, and sparks will be flying all over the place.

Identify the possible triggers for how you feel each time. It could be an individual, a particular place or environment, an object. Whatever it is, look at what causes fresh bouts of the emotions you are trying to control.

When you have identified what sets off these emotions, it is time to eliminate the triggers. If certain persons are the trigger for the way you feel, cut ties with them. Avoid being in close touch with them. 

If the cause of your emotional troubles is your work environment, consider changing your job or moving on to a different company. Where it is your immediate boss or supervisor, seeking a transfer for that department could be a way out.

Journaling helps with emotional control:

As funny as it might sound, journaling helps you maintain control over your feelings. You get to express how you feel in ways that you can’t explain to someone else. With a journal, you are expressing yourself yet in a safe and non-judgmental zone. It offers you a place away from public scrutiny.

Writing or typing about how you feel and what triggers it can also help you realize patterns. It will reveal patterns that are instrumental to how you feel. When you pour out your feelings on a paper or screen, you get the opportunity to think deeply about them.

You also get to see the causes and solutions more clearly. It becomes more beneficial when it becomes a daily routine. You could always carry your journal about and sit down to write whenever you feel triggered. That way, you could immediately express how you felt when triggered.

Use a mood journal to start journaling about your feelings and emotions. It helps you to get down to the root of negative emotions that lingered. It also helps you to increase your positive emotions. Experts have shown that journaling about your emotions and feelings reduces anxiety and depression.

Is Meditation Overrated For Turning Off Feelings?

Meditation is not just a cliché as it is not far from the truth. If you seek to achieve control over your emotions, you need mindfulness meditation.

Mindfulness meditation helps you to control how you are feeling. It helps you to maintain a moment-by-moment consciousness of your feelings, emotions, and environment. When you meditate, you take yourself through the feeling and get through it.

Meditation improves your focus. It helps you turn off negative emotions that you do not want. Emotions and feelings are impermanent. They come and go. However, engaging the force of meditation helps you navigate the emotions as they take on a new form and disappear.

Meditation helps you to process what you are feeling, even when you are not currently meditating. You train your mind to become more aware and attentive to your thoughts, breaths, and feelings.

Does Exercise Help With Controlling Emotions?

Regular exercise helps to improve your mood, including how you feel. It shows the enormous impact that exercising can have on your general welfare. Exercise functions as an antidepressant and would help with the negative emotions you are feeling.

Generally, it will increase your energy level. It will make you more vibrant and happier. Exercise will also improve the quality of your sleep. It takes your mind away from other destructive ways of dealing with your feelings like alcoholism and dwelling on the negative emotions.

It might not be evident to you how exercising helps you emotionally. However, it is without a doubt that it works. Exercise secretes serotonin to the body. Serotonin helps to regulate your mood and your appetite for food and sleep. 

Regular exercise could also increase the endorphins in the body that lifts your mood. It could also reduce the immune system chemicals that make depression worse. It enriches your sleep pattern, making you more relaxed.

Get involved with both aerobics and strength-building exercises. Walking, jogging, cycling, or lifting weight could help you feel better and turn off those emotions you don’t want.

The Place Of Technology In Regulating Feelings And Emotions

Giving yourself a technology break is one way to deal with your emotions and turn them off effectively. Using technology can make your emotions more intense than it already is. Continuously logging on to social media could also expose you to triggers that would aggravate the way you are feeling.

Take a social media break. It would help you gain control over your emotions. Turn off what makes you feel worse and limit the information you feed yourself. You could limit the times you check your email to specific times of the day. Stay away from social media on weekends. Disable your social media pop-up notifications.

High dependence on technology lowers how well your body handles frustrating circumstances. It makes you more impulsive. It changes your mental and emotional state. It would help if you controlled how you latch on to technology, especially in this era of gross addiction and reliance on technology.

It could lead to sleep deprivation, which would in turn, affect your mood, emotions, and reasoning. Turning off tech from time to time would help you control your emotions better.

Can I Use Drugs To Turn Off Emotions?

Drugs can quickly numb emotional pains. However, the effect wears off, and you will be back to how you were before taking them. Drugs like painkillers, marijuana, and alcohol can help to reduce emotional pain, especially when it becomes overwhelming.

However, indulging in this approach sets you up for continuous dependence on these drugs to feel better. It becomes addictive because you need to keep taking them to feel better after the effect of the last one wears off. In the long run, it worsens how you feel rather than makes you better.

Utilize other healthy ways to turn off your emotions and feelings, as explained in this article.

Conclusion

We have explained how to turn off emotions and feelings. Turning off your emotions is essential because when emotions are not properly handled, they get in the way of critical decisions. You could make lousy decisions which you would regret later if you don’t utilize how to turn off your emotions and feelings. Sometimes, you need your emotions out of the way, so you can reason logically and do the right thing.