Why is it hard to control emotions?

Emotions are complicated and can sneak up on us. Also everyone shows each of their emotions differently. Someone might show something but mean something else and we react to that. Hope this helps anyone.

The challenge in controlling emotions is where one must separate between what they feel and why they feel so. The key to successfully controlling emotions is identifying why you feel that way and come in terms with them .. One emotion at a time.

You can't control emotions. All of us have emotions as humans. The idea is to know the right place and time to portray the emotions that you have.

because emotions are based on feelings and it is hard to be happy at a time when everyone is sad its just hard but keep trying

You can't help but feel emotions. When something happens, it's completely natural to react to them- we can't help it most of the time. Emotions can hit us hard and suddenly.. it can also hit us soft enough for us to hide or manage. Sometimes, it comes off as unpredictable.

It is hard to control and emotion because at that point something very meaningful is being perceived as being threatened or stirred up in a way the person does not wish for.

it's literally impossible and pointless. An emotion is an instant, gut reaction to something. You'll never have the foresight to see something bad happening, so you'll never be able to say "this is going to suck but I'm gonna be really happy it happened" People who say they have control over their emotions are kidding themselves and leading lives where they make others feel bad because they react certain ways to certain things, in a way that they would otherwise find to be irritating, uncouth or simply not like. It's a lie to think one could ever control their emotions, and even if they do, that emotion is gonna be back.

The fact we can only function properly if we control our emotions is a pure coincidence. Society has evolved and has gradually become more and more sophisticated. The only way to keep a facade was not to share emotions in public — this has gradually turned into a taboo. Now the goal for a balanced living is not to control emotions meaning to repress them or pretend we're not feeling them. The key is to deeply acknowledge them, listening to the message they intend to convey and explore them until they become manifested and inoffensive. It's a journey that deserves to be taken.