Working through your emotions means that you are getting to know yourself. You are finding a way to live without letting yourself be overcome by emotions all the time. You find a comfortable spot for your emotions and try to maintain them at that level.
If you can work through your emotions, you will likely be happier at work. Things your coworkers do or say might not get to you like they would otherwise. You might be more able to cope with tough stressful situations on the job.
Working through your emotions is something everybody should do at some point. It is good to get to know yourself and good to be able to get along with others. Once you do this, it can make you feel a lot better.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with working through emotions. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Working Through Emotions
- At work, I feel I am constantly asked to do the same thing over and over. I feel like I’m not growing or learning, but going through the motions. I want to be constantly evolving and hate doing anything that I feel isn’t helping me grow. I really wish I had a mentor at work–someone who would take a personal interest in my work and help me continue to get better.
- Being in hospital the past few days was frustrating for me as my work had been hamoered suddenly the same was due to my not taking care of my health. I feel frusturated because I cannot concentrate on my health and well being due to my lazy nature in case of health
- Cook dinner when I got home from work after a long day. The reason this was frustrating is because I was very tired and I would have been fine with a bowl of cereal but knew that my family was hungry for “real food”. Just didn’t feel like having to think about what to make.
- Deciding whether or not to visit my dad in hospital, because I don’t want to go I don’t see what i’ll gain from it but i’m too nice to say so out loud. what shall I do in work? because I feel like I have nothing interesting to do should I message him? because i’m a girl who likes a boy who may be distancing himself from me
- From last 3 months I have been searching a job, all of my frens hav got job in top 5 MNC’s but ,I have not got till now,and I don’t have 60% in class 10, I just have 57.13%, wheneva I see this marks I get frustrated and start thinking I’ll never get a job, because all the MNC’s have set the marks criteria of 60% throught,so I cant help myself in this, for this reason I don’t feel like to study, I am staying in Bangalore for last 3 months and I am not studing,don’t know why,I have lost hope of getting job at all,,, I don’t know what to do and what not to.
- Having to stay at work when starting to feel sick. It was frustrating because if I could only go home straight away and rest up, I could probably sleep it off and be back at work the next day or the day after feeling fine. However, staying on and not getting the rest when I needed it meant I fell ill and was sick the next few weeks.
- I am currently in a class for work and one the things that really frustrates me is all the work they give us to. At times it just feels way to over whelming. Its like digging a two foot hole but it seems at though you just can’t get past the first two inches.
- I AM UNEMPLOYED, ON WELFARE, I HAVE NO CASH AND NO INCOME. I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A JOB, IT SEEMS NO ONE IS HIRING RIGHT NOW. I NEED FINANCIAL HELP BUT CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE. I NEED A PAYING JOB, HOPEFULLY, FINDING OUT WHAT MY BEST SKILLS ARE WILL HELP ME TO FOCUS ON WHAT KIND OF WORK TO LOOK FOR IN MY JOB-HUNTING ENDEAVORS. I AM ALSO A SENIOR CITIZEN, 62 YEARS OLD, AND FEEL THIS ALSO COUNTS AGAINST ME WITH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
- I at times feel like i’m the only person who can do certain things at my job. Its frustrating because my colleagues are perfectly capiable of doing them. I feel that they think since I’m above them job wise they think its my job to do all this work, where as this is all our responsibility.
- I feel that I have let myself down and my company by what I haven’t done or accomplished. I feel stuck, and undeserving until I can prove myself. I feel I can not focus on myself, because the expectations set for me are unclear and that is why I have not done a great job, because there is not enough to do at work.
- I had to make decision about what to do after I get my BDS degree.(dental degree from INDIA). its getting really frustrating because I don’t want to do PG from India, in fact I want to go to USA for further studies or job. the problem is I don’t have enough money to do that which has been really frustrating and I feel helpless…
- I have been out of work for the past few days and been chilling at home and it is really driving me crazy I feel caged , its so destructive , like I love going outside and seeing new things , seeing different faces . Another instance is at work , there are 2 barman in total for a shift , I have to do everything behind the bar , I have to re-stock the fridges , I have to clean the fridges , I have to change the kegs.
- I have completed a bachlors, a diploma and nearly my masters but I work serving in a restaurant. I feel my skills are not being put to their best use as I am a very capable person in my field. It is hard to get in to this field however without a lot more experience, which is impossible to achieve without getting the roles…
- I have dealt with a sudden break up with my boyfriend after 6 years we have a daughter who is 3. I have been promoted at my job for the past 5 months and I have not seen an increase in salary.i don’t feel like I’m capable of doing anything to bring satisfaction and glory to myself.
- I think the most frustrating thing I have had to do was deal with my boyfriend’s birthday yesterday. I woke up early and gave him an expensive gift, but his reaction wasn’t in line with my expectations, so I felt like the gift was a waste. After work I drove a long way out of my way to collect a birthday cake I had made especially for him that I knew he would like, again he didn’t react how I expected and I feel like the venture and money was wasted. Lastly, I took him out for dinner and he ordered a larger size but didn’t eat half of it, despite my warnings it would be too much & he should order the smaller size. We sat around and he was in a bad mood not seeming to appreciate what I had done for him or have anything interesting to contribute. I was frustrated as I felt under appreciated and that his birthday wasn’t the fun, exciting occasion I had envisaged.
- I’m a student, at the moment and the most frustrating part is most likely the feeling of in satisfaction I have deep inside. This is because Im trying to study, a lot of the time I do, and I won’t lie when I sag that I strive to be the best but things just aren’t working out for me. If I can’t be the best or at least good at what I’m doing, then I don’t want to do it at all, really, and I’m not nearly the best or quite that good at what I’m doing.
- I’ve been helping a friend work through per personal issues with drugs and unresolved problems with her daughter. She is much older than I am and has battled with an addiction to pain meds. Recently her depression has been more prevalent causing her to cry a lot. She shared her fear of dying leaving her unresolved issues not being addressed. She also feels like no one love or cares about her, which is totally not true. She recently lost her roommate and he stole several valuable items. Overall it ended very badly. The frustration for me is that I know all these things and have listened to her, but now she is avoiding dealing with anything or trying to resolve or address the issues she has shared with me. She isn’t looking for me to solve them but avoiding all by staying at my house. She asks to stay overnight because she is really depressed and doesn’t want to go home and cry all night, which triggers her need for more pills because the stress increases her pain. When I have hesitated in responding she takes that as a “no” before I respond and tries to make me feel guilty.
- Leaving my work to be a stay at home mom taking care of my baby, being a person that likes to work, that put a lot of pressure on me because taking cate of a baby is rewarding and necessary yet stressful and makes me feel lonely and trapped in the house and not needed by the outside world.
- Not sure if I had any frustrating experience in the last few days, but I will be glad to let you know what is on my mind. What bothers me the most is that, though i’m 25 years old now, finishing up my bachelors in Mathematics and Applications, working as a software developer for 4 years, I still think I’m not good at what I’m doing and there has to be something else I’m better at. I really love what I do for work and I enjoy going to work but for some reason I feel this way.
- Reading chapters for my homework and cleaning my room. Cleaning my room is frustrating because I feel like I don’t get anything done in my room. And the chapters are about 90 pages each and I worry I don’t understand or I wasted too much time doing pointless things and I can’t finish my reading.
- Searching for new jobs. It takes a long time and can have an effect on your confidence to not feel qualified. I start off thinking that it’s a great opportunity to find a new job that will be a good fit, but then I end up just deciding to take the first job that is offered because I feel desperate and that it’s not worth it to keep trying. Instead of feeling like I will be an asset to someone’s company I think that I’m lucky they are even considering someone like me.
- Staying at home without doing anything ex. working out, studying, reading, singing, be lazy, talking to someone who I think makes no sense. It is frustrating to me bacuase I want to grow more as a person and as an artist but whenever I am free, I am always feeling lazy. And it is also frustrating when you can’t follow the flow of a conversation, especially if the person whom you are talking to is just bla-blaing things about nonsense.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do in the past few days that I wasted time for sleepy so much. Because, My job is audit. The period from December to end of march, that is really busy period called Ã?”Ã?Â?Ã,£peak season of auditÃ?”Ã?Â?Ã,Â¥. I usually have to work under high pressure to complete tasks on time. After end peak season, I am out of energy, just want to relax and sleep. But up to now, I don’t want come back my work, I feel lazy and I don’t know how to come back my work with the highest spirit.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do in the past few days was deal with customers that had attitudes or were talking on the phone while trying to transact business. This was frustrating because I was not feeling well, however, I put on a smile and did my job to the best of my ability.
- The most frustrating thing is that it’s in a sector where you can get away with sloppiness. I am sloppy and lazy myself so I should feel good about it. But I just think that not having any consequences for doing a bad job really demotivates you from doing a good one…
- The most frustrating thing these past few days has been waiting for responses from my job application. I feel confident when I send them out because I know I have worked hard on them and I know I am qualified for the jobs I have applied for. The waiting period is the hardest for me due to the fact I am not certain when I’ll hear back.
- Trying to force myself to attend classes and work on assignments that I don’t feel like spending my energy on. Mentally already feel like I have graduated and its frustrating to have to work on things that I am not going to use in the immediate future instead of putting my energy in securing a job which is priority