Frustration
You can feel it scrapping under your skin, the monumental irritation. The inner rage slowly building and every little thing adds more fuel to the already growing fire. Its as if you are on edge ready to snap at everyone and everything with this pure frustration. So how are we able to release this? How can we take space to let it go and move forward?
Firstly acceptance. Earlier today I felt this type of frustration rising and I kept avoiding it in hopes it would go away. It did not. That was when I allowed myself to accept it and feel it. I went sat on the couch breathing deeply into the feeling. After feeling it I still had it surrounding me. Breathe work was a no go, feeling it not really, that is when I figured out the source of my frustration. I had lost my keys and couldn’t remember where I had put them. It was day 2 of not having the keys and unable to remember where I was the past few days.
The amount of searching and wracking my brain in hopes to remember was stressing me out. I had searched the car numerous times last night when I discovered they were missing yet nothing. That was when I took action, I went again to look in the car to search and finally found them. Immediate relief flooded my body and the insurmountable anxious rage dwindled to ash.
For me being able to release frustration was by being able to perform the action I had been waiting on. I had to wait to check my bf’s car and once I was able to take action I felt relief. That means that accepting the fact I wasn’t able to take action and things were out of my control is what I should meditate on. Frustration for me is all about a lack of patience, a lack of control or a lack of action. But because Everyone was unable to locate my keys after they went missing panic set in and the frustration began.
Frustration is a very palpable type of emotion. It sets others off and can turn a room from warm to everyone walking on eggshells. Because of this I highly recommend taking space so that you can let yourself cool down or de-stress yourself from the situation. If you can’t I then urge you to breathe through it and start to use affirmations and positive self talk. Working on changing the story going on in your head will be tremendous help in de-escalating the situation.
What are some ways you found that help you alleviating frustration? Do you find them to truly help? When you feel frustration do you know the underlying reasons of why? Mine was because of the keys but the underlying was because of my lack of control and patience. Understanding a weakness for you will allow you to work on that specific thing. For myself I am working on being patient and letting go of control. This type of self awareness is how we grow and transform ourselves. The lessons of frustration are an amazing tool for self evaluation and what you may need to improve on. And remember to always be kind to yourself in the process!
Today was a 7.