This is a great point!

Arindam Basu

Nov 26, 2016·1 min read

The way is catch yourself in the moment is to root yourself in conscious breathing to get out of the fantasy mode, or whenever you find yourself overwhelmed. The first step is to recognise the rising emotion or feeling and come back to the present moment. In essence, the goal is to first control yourself rather than others or the externally mediated situation.

Arindam Basu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Also in: https://refind.com/arinbasu

…e prevented simply by developing the mental discipline to overlap the outburst with the reflection. If you can catch yourself in the moment and simply stop, instead of doing so afterwards, the snowball melts instead of growing larger. This is really difficult for some people, either because of lifelong conditioning or because of dee…

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