"Emotional growth is the gradual process of understanding, managing, and expressing emotions in beneficial ways. It increases self-awareness and compassion for self and others. It broadens perspectives and enhances the ability to maintain well-being under stress. Resilience is a vital outcome of emotional growth. Emotionally healthy individuals acknowledge their feelings, seek support when necessary, and bounce back with a positive outlook. Rather than avoiding pain or pretending to be unaffected, they learn from hardship and grow stronger as a result."
"Emotional growth also contributes to better decision-making. When emotions are recognized and managed effectively, they can inform rather than distort choices. For example, strong positive feelings may distort perceptions of reality, though not as much as strong negative feelings. Emotionally healthy people try not to make important decisions when feeling strongly one way or the other, while admitting that their emotional response makes the decision all the more important."
Emotional growth is a gradual process of understanding, managing, and expressing emotions in beneficial ways. It increases self-awareness and compassion for self and others and broadens perspectives while enhancing the ability to maintain well-being under stress. Resilience emerges as a vital outcome: emotionally healthy individuals acknowledge feelings, seek support when necessary, and learn from hardship to grow stronger. Recognized and managed emotions can inform rather than distort decisions; emotionally healthy people avoid making important choices while feeling intensely and often revisit urgent decisions later. Common coping habits like blame, denial, and avoidance are replaced by acceptance and efforts to improve situations. Improvement tends to be incremental and requires ongoing practice.
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