Emotional health is defined by the degree to which you feel emotionally secure and relaxed in everyday life. An emotionally healthy person has a relaxed body, an open mind and an open heart.
The more emotional health you possess, the more self esteem you have. This means you do not frequently react with knee jerk responses, anxiety or panic to the events that occur in your life.
Instead, you are usually calm and patient with yourself and others. This means you are an emotionally safe person.
Emotionally safe people do not judge or criticize others. This is because they have learned not to judge and criticize themselves.
Emotionally healthy people feel safe and secure with their own emotions and feelings. They feel their feelings and emotions instead of avoiding them or trying to control them.
To be emotionally healthy you must express your emotions in healthy, assertive ways
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