What is the "Wild Horse Effect"?
Do you have some negative emotions because of some unpleasant little things in your life: anger, anxiety, depression, stress, injustice ... this is the whirlpool of "wild horse effect"
The wild horse effect in psychology tells that there is a vampire bat on the African grassland, which often sucks blood on wild horses. Wild horses ran wildly because of anger and finally died of exhaustion. In fact, bats don't suck enough blood to kill wild horses. Wild horses died of their own anger.
Many times, it is not the problem itself that defeats us, but the emotions we have because of the problem.
Enlightenment of "Wild Horse Effect";
When difficulties in life strike, those external factors are often not fatal, and the real cause of the crisis is the loss of control of internal emotions. For example, because of some trivial things, you will get angry and hurt yourself because of other people's mistakes. People will inevitably encounter unpleasant things in their lives. If things get angry, it will seriously endanger their health. If you don't lose your temper, you will endure everything, or you may "suppress illness."
Studies have shown that the top seven emotions that lead to immune system problems are anger, sadness, fear, melancholy, hostility, doubt and seasonal out of control (such as frequent disputes and frictions in summer and depression in winter).
How to get rid of the "Wild Horse Effect"?
Take women as an example: getting angry is easy to get hyperplasia of mammary glands, but long-term stagnation is more likely to get breast cancer. Therefore, don't let your emotions get out of control, and don't ruin a 90% controllable life because of 10% uncontrollable life. So, how can we manage our emotions effectively?
1. When negative emotions are about to erupt, learn to save yourself and tell yourself: wait first. Over time, when pause becomes a habit, it will become calm when something happens and avoid the outbreak of negative emotions.
2, a clear understanding of life Life is a practice, and everyone will encounter misfortune. Now that the pain has happened, why not face it positively and start over, and let yourself continue to suffer?
3. Always keep a positive, optimistic and open mind. Suffering is not terrible, what is terrible is that we have lost our love for life because of suffering.