How can I learn to control my emotions when I don't even know what they are?

You can learn to control your emotions when you don't even know what they are by looking at if they're is a trigger that triggered it, finding ways to slow the emotions arising too.

It is difficult to control your emotions when you, yourself cannot even label it and know what you are feeling.

Controlling emptions just needs a lot of Will Power. You just have to be strong and think positive x

It's hard to learn to control them when you can't identify them, so maybe work on identifying your emotions. Think, "how am I feeling about ______?" Happy? Sad? Scared? Confused? Something else? You can look up emotion lists, pinpoint one that sounds right, and then start to work on those emotions :)

If you don't even know what they are, I think you have a lot more self-reflecting to do.

Its hard to control your emotions when you don't even know what they are, so first you should probably try to identify them. I'm sure the people around you can give you the support you need.

Good question. And that starts by identifying your emotions. Which is sometimes way harder than it sounds! Something I like to do, is examine whether my very basic needs are being met. Do I feel hungry? Am I sleepy/tired? Do I feel lonely? If you find some of your basic needs aren't fulfilled - Meet them, and revisit. Get some rest, have a snack, etc. It's hard to believe the emotional havoc lacking those things can wreak on us. Then revisit and reassess. How was your day? Did anything make you feel stressed? Do you have deadlines you're having a hard time meeting? Ask yourself(on paper, if you like) very basic questions about your day, or week- Kind of like you would chat with a friend. Sometimes it is very easy to get lost in a swirl of emotions, and we have to take a step back and look at it a little more objectively to get an understanding of it. Once you identify what's really plaguing you, that's half the battle right there.

It isn't necessarily control, it's learning to accept that you don't know exactly what they are but realizing that you need to learn how to effectively assess them and understand how they affect you.

You can start a thought diary or use any app for that. Start writing your emotions. When you start writing, you learn automatically what they are, the underlying reason behind them most of the times. Then, you can work on controlling them. Controlling emotions becomes easier when you learn to label them and keep a record of them. The next step can be treating the emotions as thoughts and not as you.

You relax yourself. No matter what emotion it is, if you're relaxed I'm sure you can control it. Music works for me :)