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Thesis: It is crucial that people who struggle with strong and impulsive emotions learn to control them properly in order to lead a happy and a healthy life.

I. Introduction: Blake is known for getting in trouble often at school, however, he is frequently let off the hook on the account that he has anger management problems. The problem in this situation is that anger is being held responsible for Blake's actions when, in reality, Blake has control over his emotions and, more importantly, his actions rather than his anger. Emotions, no matter how intense, are not in control over the person; the person controls the emotions. It is crucial that people who struggle with strong and impulsive emotions learn to control them properly in order to lead a happy and healthy life.

II. The importance of emotional control A. If a person doesn't seek control over his emotions, he is putting not only his emotional health at risk, but also his physical health.

1. Ones's physical and emotional health are both dependent on the other. 2. A person who has poor emotional health will also experience a weak immune system(10).

3. More over, good emotional health also requires good physical health(10). B. By ignoring one's own strong emotions, he is accepting the risks to his body and mind; the leading risk being depression.

Burks ii 1.Failing to attempt control over strong emotions means risking low serotonin which causes depression, anxiety, feelings of other detriments to one's

worthlessness, fatigue, and various mental health.

2.A person who struggles with intense emotions and chooses to not seek help are more likely to face depression, which is a threat mental healths.

to their emotional, physical, and

3. Depression is the "nation's most prevalent mental problem,"(11). Conclusion: Risking physical and mental health is unnecessary because, by simply seeking help, one can easily conquer his

emotions and evade such risks. III. How to achieve control over emotions and why it's important A. Learning the ways of the brain to understand emotions more clearly and avoid their triggers.

1. The brain is wired from past experiences and uses memories to make connections that triggers certain emotions(3).

2. These connections are most easily made before the age of eighteen(3). 3. If a person, who is learning to control emotion, forces the thinking part of his brain to work when experiencing a strong or and subdue the rampaging

intense emotion, then he can dilute and emotional part of his brain(3).

B. There are many "happy chemicals" that can be released into the brain and create a mind. 1. It is important to learn these chemicals and their triggers in order to take control over an emotion by relying on safe and healthy attack to the rash and abrasive happier and pleasant mental environment within the

emotions as a form of counter emotion.

2. It is important to stretch and laugh often because doing so will release endorphins which is considered a happy and

pleasurable brain chemical(3). 3. By embracing a new goal one can also release dophamines which is commonly dubbed as the "pleasure chemical"(3).

4.Serotonin is a chemical that is vital when avoiding depression and can be confidence(3). Conclusion: Any person who is struggling with control over his emotions should learn these exercises in order to conquer these intense triggered by simply believing in one's self and having

emotions and create a better around him.

environment for himself and those

IV. Emotions can easily blind a person from the consequences of a brash reaction to such emotions A. For a person who struggles with emotional control, it is easy to allow emotions to blind one's self from the future and possible

consequences of his actions (9). 1.These emotions will take over and become all-consuming while matters,"(9). 2. The way a person reacts to strong emotions can very easily have a large effect on his future(9). convincing the person that "now is all that

3. Anger is a common cause of clouded judgment and often leads to brash and unwise decisions(9).

4. Anger causes a person's heart rate and blood pressure to rise which recklessly(9). 5. All it takes is one foolhardy action to permanently blight one's entire loose his family, lose his prison, or even to lose his life. B. Avoiding rash behaivior future by possibly causing him to lose his job, freedom by being sent to jail or causes them to act impetuously and

1. The first step for a person battling strong impulsive emotions and and label or identify the that person's vision(9). 2. The next step is to think or do something different to distract the person from the persistent need to act emotion that is seeking to avoid acting imprudently is to pause current emotion that is clouding

heedlessly in response to whatever intense depriving him of judgment(9).

3. "Don't be passively carried along by the current emotion;" ignoring an bottled up and will eventually lead which is a danger to the well being of the with the emotion(9). 4. Rather than ignoring the emotion, one must seek help, do calming control instead. Conclusion: If a person allows his emotions to take control while in the line. moment then he puts his entire future on the exercises, and take control of it before it takes emotion will simply cause it to become to an emotional breakdown person dealing

Conclusion