How to Control Your FEELINGS Like a CIA Spy

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[johannajohanna]

Avoiding acting out the emotions seems to be the key here.

[hyperionsolomon]

I have an addition to the video. You still have to unlock them shortly afterwards. Otherwise your body stores it as trauma, and this is not good. It usually leaks out nefariously and unconsciously.

[shahmoneyxl]

This is a survival skill that is absolutely needed to survive and to thrive in some communities around the world. I developed the ability to compartmentalize as a child and realized about 30 years later that my emotional compass was off. It took a couple of months of therapy to realize that I had an emotional experience that shook me so much that I adapted the skill to compartmentalize at the age of 13. Still working on balancing my emotions appropriately several years after coming to this realization. I think this is more common than some people realize. It's a learned response to crisis.

[annhobson]

That is the whole truth. You put yourself into survival mode.

[texasoutlook]

What is not said here is at some point you have to unlock that locker and deal with the feelings. If you don't deal with your feelings, your feelings deal with you, ex. burn out, road rage, abuse on others, etc.

[MsK-xmvw]

Wow; who knew. I have the skills of an FBI agent!
I’ve been forced to compartmentalize my feelings for decades!
I guess I did get some beneficial insight from my narcissistic mother after all!

[brendaholiday]

I’ve never seen my trauma responses as an asset before. Thank you for opening my mind. ❤

[juliekostas]

Your channel is not only informative but it gives us civilians a glimpse into the realistic, less glamorous side of what our agencies deal with in the field. 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[homefrontforge]

This is more common than you think. I almost was knocked off a 6th floor landing by an errant crane delivery and continued for two hours landing the rest of the materials. Afterward I sat down and nearly went into shock. No training involved, just instinct.

[loverlyme]

I didn't know this was classed as a 'skill.' I've utitlised this skill a couple of times in my life. I just thought of it as 'doing the right thing at the time.' The first time this happened I was working in a bank when a robbery started. I had a customer in front of me and a couple more waiting to be served. I talked to them quietly and calmly. I told them that this would be over soon; the thieves are only interested in money and are not interested in us if we stay calm and are not a threat. I managed to keep this small group calm and quiet for those few minutes. After it was all over I felt the impact of the incident. It was just a delayed reaction.
It's never occurred to me that I was doing something differently to what others might do. I'm usually pretty quick to jump into a situation that needs some control. This includes an attempted rescue of a child who had drowned. It has also been used to come up with a simple solution to stop an argument becoming a fight. I don't think about who I am or what is right for me in that moment. That just goes right out the window and I just do my thing. I think I might be on the autism spectrum. I see what is practical without an emotional reaction in that moment.

[suze]

I do that way too often. Until u are past the event. Until you are in a safe place. Then you can melt

[playinglifeoneasy]

This is quite an admirable level of professionalism, but she has to remember she did not kill those people. She didn’t kill two people. She saved the others. The likelihood of you dying increases the moment you’re taking the hostage.

[JannafayeThompson]

Ironically during a catastrophy or emergency I'm completely at my best. It's when life is kind of ok or things are well when I fall apart.

[TruthSerumMedia]

This guy has next level top knowledge 🙌I just watched the podcast about narcissistic and sociopaths it was like a miniature educational course 🙌 I had to show my wife this asap 👍

[Brynden-Rivers]

We need more women like the one in this story🇺🇸

[skinso]

We do not get to control the actions of others

[OmotoRyuBudo]

I have done this for nearly 20 years since I came back from the Army. I used skills similar to what you teach avoiding getting set up and forced into working for a mob (no The mafia but, an organized criminal element of dirty cops and their criminal family in West Virginia) family in West Virginia.

I know soldiers with decades of doing this, that can trace their PTSD to compartmentalize their emotions. At some point you have to address and express those emotions.

I don't think that she contributed to the people who the group leader killed. She was taught a script to work by and she folowed it.

[AthenaLeotiger]

Yep.. except now I can't remember the code to unlock them.. or which items are even locked

[lfruler]

If you're lucky enough to have narcissistic parents, you learned this as a tactic as a child. Also dissassociation is another good one😅🙃

[dianebannard]

Very touching life story. God bless that woman - she did well