How a 90-Second Trick Helped Me Control My Emotions
How I learned to manage my reactions in real-time, and how you can too. 😌
Have you ever had one of those moments where someone says something, and you feel your blood pressure rise instantly? You’re in a meeting, minding your business, and bam! Before you even have time to think, you’re already spiraling — frustration, anger, stress all piling up.
This used to happen to me all the time. I’d get caught up in my emotions, and they’d take over my day. It felt like once they started, I couldn’t hit pause. Until I came across something called the 90-Second Rule from Jay Shetty, and it changed the way I deal with tough emotions. Let me tell you how.
What Is the 90-Second Rule?
Jay Shetty — a former monk turned motivational speaker — shares that when we experience strong emotions like anger or frustration, our brain’s chemical reaction to that emotion lasts just 90 seconds. After that, the only reason we keep feeling it is because we’re mentally replaying the story in our head. Crazy, right?
