Wild Emotions

Emotions are like running waters. Sometimes it is still and other times blustery. Most times, if not all the time, it is triggered by outside events that we have allowed to penetrate into us. But we are only human; each day is replete with new circumstances that crop up to either torment, depress, threaten, scare or gladden us. So how do we cope when our emotions start running wild. What do we do when we feel like we don't know what to do?

I remember one fine day months back, i had a bad day at work. I was supposed to go to the salon on my way from work as the weekend was the next day. I felt it, my emotions were running wild. They were boiling like a volcano ready to erupt! I tried to calm myself down, or maybe i didn't try hard enough. I went ballistic on a man older than me and he threw a punch at me! When I saw his hand approaching my face, all I thought about was my nose and my teeth, lol! Luckily for me, people beside me held back his clenched fist *whew*

Lola was quite gentle. She was the nicest and most helpful person, always going out of her way to do things for others; always pushing herself in most cases to make sure the other person was quite satiated. She wasn't doing it for the accolades or good name, but it was who she was, a people pleaser. At home, everyone knew her as the peacemaker, the one who was willing to sacrifice and go the extra mile. I was drawn to her tranquillity, ambience and willingness to give rather than receive. I went visiting her in her parents house, where she lived along side her siblings. " baby girl what's up" " I dey jare" " You're looking dull, what's wrong" " I' ve just been sad ,i feel exhausted" "What's draining you?" " Work and all" "Just that? That means we would all have been shadows of ourselves in this naija na" " It's not just that, my family members are now taking me for a ride" Her phone rings and i could tell a guy asked her out for a hangout. I eavesdropped in their conversation but all I could hear was her excuses about how she had to cater to everybody at home and wouldn't be able to make it. I didn't even have the opportunity to talk to her about how her family members were taking her for a ride or why she turned down a hangout with various excuses at 29 before i heard her mothers' voice.
"Lola, i am hungry oh. You haven't swept and mopped the whole house, fed the dog, washed my car, wiped the dishes and kept in the cupboard and arranged your brother's clothes that are scattered. I felt a lot of mosquitoes last night flying across the room, I think you need to sweep the gutter as well, Ose okomi" I stood in anticipation, my eyes almost bulging from its sockets, my ears itchy, waiting to hear her response. "Okay ma", she responded in an exhausted manner. I stood there wondering why my friend was turned into a household robot to do everything at home when she had 5 other siblings. Whatever happened to division of labour! She went on like an obedient child and started out the chores and eventually when she couldn't take it, she bursted out. "I do everything in this house, i don't have time for myself! All you all do is wait for me to come back and do whatsoever is meant to be done. Look at me, i am going to be 30 next week, i don't have a boyfriend to call my own! I'm either scrubbing the floor, cooking, washing clothes, or doing something all day!"  Before I could even say anything, i saw my friend rush over towards the television set hung on the wall and like a flash of lightning, the television was on the floor, scattered in pieces. She didn't stop there she went further to scatter some pictures hung on the wall and she was heading for my phone that i plugged into a socket, mehn i quickly rushed to salvage the situation, lol. I had never seen my friend like that, ever. It was like I was seeing a reincarnated being, it was surreal. Words cannot fully explain how her countenance was, her eyes, her mannerism, her voice. Then i realised emotions are quite powerful, domineering if given a chance.

When I got home I laid on my bed, thinking out loud. I wondered why we couldn't be happy all the time and why someone would deliberately go out of their way to raise the emotional level of others negatively. Why the world couldn't be a better place with each passing day. Why there is so much jealousy, envy, hate and spite, despite the fact that we are all looking for solace, with the break of a new day. I decided to look deeper into how our emotions work.
Emotions are complex. According to some theories, they are a state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence our behaviour. They are also linked to the arousal of the nervous system, with various states and strengths of arousal, relating apparently to emotions. Emotions are also linked to behavioural tendency. Extroverted people are more likely to be social and express their emotions, while introverted people are more likely to be more socially withdrawn and conceal their emotions.(I guess my friend is under this category)

Emotions are quite powerful and most times our emotions range from fear to anger, sadness, joy, disgust, trust, anticipation and surprise. When your emotions run wild especially negative emotions, how do you curtail it.
Have you ever done anything surreal, spontaneous, crazy or downright unbelievable due to wild emotions?