You could notice that you are more irritable in your personal relationships today, which could be triggered by former emotional patterns. This might leave you feeling more argumentative. Perhaps today you may want to work on recognizing your emotions as they arise and understanding where they come from. Should you find yourself becoming frustrated with someone close to you, you can take a breath and ask yourself when you felt the same way in the past. You might come up with a situation or visual image of something that has left its mark on you. If this happens, you can gently remind yourself that those feelings were in the past, and while you may feel the same way now, you have a greater amount of wisdom and experience to release your aggravation.

Understanding where our emotional triggers come from allows us to learn new ways of dealing with our feelings. It is easy to react using our old coping mechanisms. We revert back to acting to emotional stimuli in the same manner we did when we were younger. Once we begin to realize the patterns as they emerge and what sets them off, we then take a great step toward getting rid of our old dysfunctional ways. We can use our insight and the knowledge we have from our more recent experiences to rise above our feelings of irritation and establish newer and healthier patterns. By stopping yourself from reacting in your habitual ways to frustration, you will create more beneficial ways to respond to others today.