How can I make illogical feelings go away?

Illogical feelings, emotions, notions; they are always present; its important to acknowledge and conceptualize these feelings, in an effort to let them go, to let them escape, to relieve yourself from such burden. First, it is essential to FEEL these things, to understand and recognize that you are not thinking logically, rationally, appropriately; next, let these emotions out by means of expression, allow yourself to rid these illogical fears, concerns, worries, from your mind and body. Relax, take deep breathes, do something fun and exciting, occupy your mind with activities, meditate, focus--on the tangible, and the real. Illogical thoughts seem to liner sometimes, they aim to consume us, but its important to recognize the illegitimacy of such thoughts, to not get caught in their trap, to move forward and progress with rationality and useful logic.

Sometimes it helps me when i realise that i am in control of my monkey mind...it is not in control of me! I can then think of my feelings and rationalise them, distancing yourself from your feelings help you to see whether they make sense or are illogical.

In this case its usually a case of distancing yourself away from the emotional attachment to the situation. You can start by thinking with your mind first, or writing down the facts to be organized, or try thinking about how you will view the situation if it was happening to others.

Well, first try to find the cause of those illogical thoguhts. I sit down, away from everyone, try to rationalise what I am saying, and calm myself down, before soing anything. At first I am very paranoid and OTT about everything, beleiving that everybody is fake, conspiring and nobody loves me. By the end of the small self talk, I feel bad because I realise that I was being over the top, and that what I was feeling was due to misunderstandings. People aren't books that can be read easily, but we do need to understand that not all intentions are bad, and don't beat yourself up for feeling how you are- its not your fault, its just simple misunderstandings. Be careful not to overthink, and give yourself time.

“We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our parents. Carried away by our worries, we're unable to live fully and happily in the present. Deep down, we believe we can't really be happy just yet—that we still have a few more boxes to be checked off before we can really enjoy life. We speculate, dream, strategize, and plan for these "conditions of happiness" we want to have in the future; and we continually chase after that future, even while we sleep. We may have fears about the future because we don't know how it's going to turn out, and these worries and anxieties keep us from enjoying being here now.”

You have to question yourself why do u think its illogical and why is it illogical. The more you can make sense of why it is illogical the more you will know that it is not worth it to care about it.

One simple, therapeutic way, is to imagine your emotions as a ball of flame. Focus on the emotions fueling your feelings. Then, imagine yourself closing your hands over the flame, snuffing it out. You can also think of yourself throwing water onto the fire, letting your negative feelings go away with the fire.

That's the worst you can do actually. Because they will retaliate. Repression, or trying to kill emotions or feelings, is the worst strategy to deal with them. It's not about make them go away. Emotions are there for a reason. They are barometers. Like gauges in the car, telling you the state of car, the state of the environment maybe, if it's a healthy situation, or not, etc. so, destroying the gauges in the car, think what this would mean, if you are driving :D in the same time, instead of trying to kill the negative, the actual productive way is to focus on the positive. basically, instead of destroying what you don't like, the solution is to focus on building what you like. why? because you cannot try to destroy something, without focusing on it. and that's what they are after. everyone. every habit. every thought. every emotion. people around. "thank you for your attention", right? it took me a while to get it, but clearly you have to focus on positive, building it and when negative comes, you have to don't touch it not fully ignore it, but, like when you see something in the corner of your eye, peripheral view. that's the best way to deal with emotions, even with those that are insisting to catch your attention, forcefully. acknowledge them, listen to what they are saying, but come back continuously to what you want to build. being stubborn is an advantage here:D

If it is possible, take some time away from whatever is causing you to experience these illogical feelings. However, if they keep pestering you, then try and share these feelings with someone who is supportive, while also being able to remember understand that your feelings don't have to be in charge of your actions. Not only that but, maybe consider the fact that there may be some underlying issues that could be causing you to have these illogical feelings that still need resolving. However, it is probably best to not bottle up these feelings as it could one day explode.

You are not going to like my answer. Short answer: you can not control your emotions. We feel how we feel, and there is nothing we can do to change that. However, we can control how we react to our emotions -- our behavior. We can also control our thoughts to some extent, in that we can create new ones and reduce the intensity of ones already there sometimes. If we try to force a feeling away, it will come back stronger, just like how a dog will chase us with more intensity the faster we run. Many of us have tried to suppress our emotions, just go numb and not feel them. This just means we never really deal with them, and they may spring out at us at the worst possible times. In summary, we cannot control our emotions, but there are things we can do that make them harder to cope with, such as pushing them away or suppressing them. So what can we do then? You might have heard the answer in a Sharing Circle: we let it be. We do absolutely nothing, just letting those feelings we don't want sit there. Not ignoring them, but also not examining them. Just letting them exist until they naturally leave our mind, like a wave crashing onto shore and then being pulled back into the ocean or like a cloud sliding over your head and then drifting out of view.