Tag: shouting
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The One Truth and One Big Lie about Yelling
Summary: Yelling has one universal truth, it comes from emotions like anger, frustration, shame, fear, etc. Our negative emotions. We don’t usually yell at someone when we’re feeling happy or grateful. Our negative emotions, especially the ones that are fast and highly reactive like anger give us little room to stop our default reaction of…
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Feeling Guilty for Yelling and What To Do About It
Summary Guilt/shame are emotions that prevent us from learning about the patterns that lead us to yell. The key to stopping the yelling permanently is to tackle the guilt/shame first. Loosen the feeling of guilt by understanding that you can choose your opinion about the act of yelling. Yelling is bad is not a fact,…
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The Effects of Yelling at Your Child
As a parent I haven’t found a decent explanation of the effects of yelling at my child. There are, of course, studies that illustrate various negative effects yet they seem to miss the point. How exactly am I impacting my child when I yell? In short, when you yell, your child’s flight/fight response is activated,…
Tara Ramachandra 