How To Strengthen Your Emotional Immune System

Science has proven it, and we prove it to ourselves every day: Emotions are contagious. The most extreme example of this is human panic escape. A few people shout and start running. It triggers panic and people form thoughtless panic flight. This kind of situation can even have some pretty serious consequences. This is just one of the reasons why it is so important to strengthen your emotional immune system.

Let’s move away from extreme examples like the one we just gave. There is also evidence from everyday life that emotional states are contagious. It is due to the mirror neurons in our brain, which mimic the emotions of others and make you feel them. That is why groups have such a big impact on us as individuals. This is also why your best defense is to have a good emotional immune system.

But some people are less affected by the mood of a group. They can pretty much just stay the same no matter how the group behaves. The ability to resist these influences depends a lot on your emotional immune system. If it is strong, you will become more independent. If it is weak, the emotions in the group will more easily infect you.

Awareness strengthens your emotional immune system

Of course, it’s a good thing to be able to let other people’s joy and optimism infect you. What is not so good, in turn, is letting people transfer their stress, boredom or pessimism to you. Unfortunately, some negative emotions (like anxiety) have a much easier time spreading than positive ones.

One way to strengthen your emotional immune system, and not let other people’s emotions control yours, is to start by looking at yourself. What are the main emotions you experience in your daily life? What emotions do you spread to other people?

Exaggerate the signs of a good mood

The best way to start is to work on gaining more control over your emotions. There is no better way to do this than by actually pushing yourself in the direction of a positive mood. Maintaining that kind of attitude will make you stronger.

A simple technique for this is to exaggerate a little bit. Smile even if you do not feel like it. Feel gratitude for life and thank the universe for everything, even if it is only for the little things you have in your daily life. Be extra kind to people you are usually not kind to. All of this will help strengthen your emotional immune system.

Avoid criticism and do not fight for power

Nothing is more toxic to your emotions than criticizing other people and gossiping. It is a very negative use of your time. One day you are the one who spreads gossip, and the next day you are the one who gets gossiped about. Try to avoid creating a negative, unfriendly environment.

Struggling to gain meaningless power is also very draining. Being superior to other people is no more valuable than being subject to them, because there is always someone above you, no matter how high up you are. It is inevitable. So therefore, when you struggle to place orders or prevent others from costing you around, you are wasting your life energy and surrounding yourself only in a negative atmosphere.

Focus on everything you do right

The best way to strengthen your emotional immune system is to make yourself a kind of advocate for positive emotions and uplifting moods. The best way to do this is to focus on all the good parts of yourself, such as your personality, your actions, etc.…

Before you know it, the mood of others will begin to follow your good attitude. It will be almost invisible and you should not try to make it happen. But suddenly you will start to see the best in other people. This technique rarely fails. All you have to do is focus on the good, on the best side of things. Doing this always has many benefits.

Learn to communicate negative emotions

There is no way to avoid an occasional attack of negative, heavy emotions. When you spread them, you also affect other people, not just yourself. We are talking about stress, depression, anger, bitterness or some of the very negative emotions that are part of your emotional spectrum.

To begin with, it is best to try to reduce the intensity of these emotions when you are feeling them. It is always helpful to take 5 minutes to exercise a little deep breathing. It will give your brain oxygen, balance your body and even stabilize your emotions. Then you can take your time and think of the best way to express them – and communicate what you feel in the most constructive way.

The goal of all of these techniques is to strengthen your emotional immune system. If you make yourself a lighthouse, others will shine their light on you too. Never forget that what you do for other people, you also do for yourself.