We all become agitated from time to time. In fact, I become agitated everyday for one reason or another.

Oftentimes its small inconveniences which irritate us, while other times it’s something more serious. One thing I know is that I become agitated much less often than I used to. Maybe it’s a sign of getting older, maturation, or possibly something more has happened?

Are there any tricks or skills we can use in order to reduce agitation?

For me it has been rooted in the following:

Avoidance. Once we become aware of the people, places, things and thoughts which agitate us we can choose to avoid them. Avoidance is a good first strategy but doesn’t always work as agitation will eventually surface because we can’t avoid everything which annoys us forever. Chance meetings and automatic thoughts are a couple of reasons why avoidance will not work by itself. Click here to read more.. »