Self-control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior, and desires in the face of external demands. In psychology, it is also termed as self-regulation. It is true that self-control is an essential ingredient to achieve goals in life, for an example, one cannot meet weight loss target if he/she do not restrict their own desires to eat and sleep. Most of us believe that self-control is a quality that make us better than the rest but do you know that there are many prices one has to pay to maintain self-control IF WE DO NOT discriminate ‘when to’ and ‘when not to’ use self-control.
Today Psychologist Shivani Misri Sadhoo shares how too much of self-control can make our life bad.
1. Accepting uncontrolled and unanticipated outcomes become difficult.
When a person keeps their self-control unchecked they start believing that all future outcomes can be anticipated and it is the result of cause and effect of past and present actions. This phenomenon is true to some extent, but it is not 100% reality. Life knows a million ways to make the things happen that are bound to happen. Hence, a highly self-controlled person turns incapable of facing and accepting surprises.
2. Risks entering into a vicious circle of psychological problems
Whenever a person cannot accept a surprised future outcome, i.e. in future their present situation, they start struggling. When the person emotionally and psychologically struggles, he/she becomes prone to depression, mood swings, sleep disorders etc. Since depression and mood swings are again by nature an uncontrolled mental condition, the person risks entering into a vicious circle of mental disorder.
In such conditions, the person should consult a mental health expert, like a psychologist or a psychiatrist or with both.
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