dealing with my emotions?

i've never been good at dealing with my emotions, and was wondering if anyone has experience with ways on getting through the bad ones? i've tried medications and they mostly messed me up, so i've turned to natural supplements so far to help with anxieties that flair into moods.

when i'm feeling good, it's great!! but when i feel bad, it's almost like i get off on feeling so terrible and think on things too much to keep that feeling going. emotional masochist! then i get stuck in a rut. not even on purpose, as i don't enjoy it.

i'm currently trying to reconnect romantically with a taurus, and the reason it went south was because of me being too emotional, in both a good and bad way, but i've always been this way, and it's always made things hard for my relationships, both friendly and romantically.

i'm open to any suggestions!

It depends on what the emotion is and how bad it's hitting. You could try keeping a daily journal where you write something simple that made you happy, etc and then look back on it from time to time. Or you could do something for yourself that lifts your mood, like hiking or walking, or something creative or something relaxing and pampering. You could write down the most ugly, vile things you're feeling at that moment and then when you've run out of things to write burn the paper. You could go someplace remote and just scream bloody murder. You could get into martial arts. You could contact someone you love who is close to you and vent a little or ask them for whatever to help pick your mood up. In short, the worst thing you can do is dwell on the emotion that is sinking your ship, unless you're analyzing it, figuring out what started it and how you can deal with it or solve the cause.

i've thought about meditation and it sounds really interesting! just got to look more into it.

and i guess the bad emotion is everything that comes with love: insecurity, jealousy, worry, needy, etc.

when I'm not interested in anyone, i feel confident and happy 80-90% of the time. otherwise, i get hit pretty hard with the bad feelings when i'm pursuing somebody.

Posted by mf90
i've thought about meditation and it sounds really interesting! just got to look more into it.

and i guess the bad emotion is everything that comes with love: insecurity, jealousy, worry, needy, etc.

when I'm not interested in anyone, i feel confident and happy 80-90% of the time. otherwise, i get hit pretty hard with the bad feelings when i'm pursuing somebody.

I went you a PM. Meditation is a good thing to do; it does bring clarity, lots of it.
However; you have to look deeper and find out why insecurities surface when your in a relationship? Do you give yourself enough time to heal after you've broken up with someone.
Relationships take a lot of us; because we give a lot of ourselves to the other person. So if your not giving yourself time to heal, you suppress old issues, carry it on to a new relationship and ultimately it will surface back up again in your new relationship.

Posted by mf90
i've thought about meditation and it sounds really interesting! just got to look more into it.

and i guess the bad emotion is everything that comes with love: insecurity, jealousy, worry, needy, etc.

when I'm not interested in anyone, i feel confident and happy 80-90% of the time. otherwise, i get hit pretty hard with the bad feelings when i'm pursuing somebody.

What's your sign in sun and moon? And venus?

I guess you need to get introspective and figure out why you feel that way when pursuing someone. A bad relationship or something deeper?