Can Our Behavior Influence The Way We Feel? :: Mmegi Online

We choose how we want to behave all the time. What we overlook at times, is that our behaviours can influence our feelings in two ways. Firstly, some of our behaviors have a direct effect on our moods or feelings. Secondly, certain behaviours indirectly influence the way we feel through their effect on how we think.

Warona (not her real name), is a middle aged woman who has a self-imposed pressure to keep up with her past reputation of being a wealthy man’s daughter. She has developed a habit of trying to outshine people she knows, especially those she perceives as coming from “poorer financial backgrounds”.

Warona’s competitive behaviour has resulted in her getting into unnecessary debts, to avoid looking like a failure. When her bank put her possessions up for sale to recover the loan she could not pay, Warona blamed the bank employees for being “jealous” of her.

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