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When you lose it




Your emotion is your best asset and ally.  However, it will be a little bit challenging when you are a quiet and sensitive person at the same time because your emotion needs more regulation work compared to others. Let's say you lose it in your classroom especially when trying to control or manage students' misbehaviour. On normal occasions, it is rare when your emotion gets the best of you (in school) which in itself is not a good thing because those emotions are usually bottled up for quite some time.  That happens not because you numb the feelings but because you try to suppress them every time you feel like you need to let them out. You need to learn how to manage your emotional reaction but on that special day, when your emotion reacts too fast before your executive brain can suggest anything to do, you need SOS steps. First,  you need to get back to your senses quickly and start the process to calm yourself down. Second, leave the scene (step out of the classroom) so that you can take a few deep breaths to regulate your emotional reaction. Lastly, come back to the class when your thinking brain is back online. It is important because you need the best decision as to what you to say or do right after that.

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