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Control Your Emotions: Gain Balance, Resilience, and Calm; Find Freedom from Stress, Anxiety, and Negativity

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Emotion is not the enemy. We just need to decipher them and learn tools for regulation and resilience.
We all get knocked down and face hardships, but we always have the choice to get back up or not. What will your choice be?

Learn to train your emotions and tame your reactive brain.
Control Your Emotions is the rare book that understands where you’ve been, the obstacles you’ve overcome, and what you need to make sure you are in full control of your life at all times. This is a stunningly detailed and insightful guide into our emotions, our triggers, and why we act against our own interests so frequently.

The key to our emotions is NOT to just “think calm and meditate” or “be mindful and grateful.” This book avoids unhelpful platitudes and gives you real advice, borrowing from all fields, such as psychology, counseling, behavior science, evolutionary biology, and even Buddhism and Stoicism. This book gives you the tools for emotional success and the daily happiness and calm you seek.

Don’t let your emotions dictate your decisions and life.
Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. He has sold over a million books. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience.

Discover your inner strength and calm.
• Understand the biological and psychological purposes of emotions.
Find what triggers your deepest and strongest emotions.
• Learn how to properly express yourself for greater understanding.
Tools to recognize and regulate in the heat of the moment.
• The power of gratitude, savoring, and journaling.
How to activate your “emotional immune system.”

This book is the blueprint for what to do when you inevitably get knocked down. The path to what we want is never easy; controlling your emotions gets you from Point A to Point B.
Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page.

This is the sixth book in the “The Psychology of Social Dynamics” series as listed below:

1. The Science of Likability: 60 Evidence-Based Methods to Radiate Charisma, Make a Powerful Impression, Win Friends, and Trigger Attraction [2019 Edition]
2. Think Like a Psychologist: How to Analyze Emotions, Read Body Language and Behavior, Understand Motivations, and Decipher Intentions
3. The Science of Social Intelligence: 33 Studies to Win Friends, Be Magnetic, Make An Impression, and Use People’s Subconscious Triggers
4. The Science of Engineering Attraction & Love: Flirt, Date, and Mate Using Human Psychology
5. Introvert Survival Tactics: How to Make Friends, Be More Social, and Be Comfortable In Any Situation (When You’re People’d Out and Just Want to Go Home And Watch TV Alone)
6. Control Your Emotions: Gain Balance, Resilience, and Calm; Find Freedom from Stress, Anxiety, and Negativity

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2019

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Patrick King

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Patrick King is a Social Interaction Specialist, in other words, a dating, online dating, image, and communication and social skills coach based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com. He’s also a #1 Amazon best-selling dating and relationships author with the most popular online dating book on the market, and writes frequently on dating, love, sex, and relationships.

He focuses on using his emotional intelligence and understanding of human interaction to break down emotional barriers, instill confidence, and equip people with the tools they need for success. No pickup artistry and no gimmicks, simply a thorough mastery of human psychology delivered with a dose of real talk, perfected and honed through three years of law school.

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Profile Image for ولاء شكري.
1,285 reviews594 followers
May 21, 2024
بعض الأفكار ...

♡ إبقاء مشاعرك تحت السيطرة على الأغلب مهمة تعد واحدة من أصعب المهام في العالم تقريباً.

♡ المبالغة في رد الفعل تحدث لأن احتياجاتنا العاطفية يتم الكشف عنها أو الضغط عليها أو حثها بطريقة غير مريحة، ولأجل التخلص من هذا الانزعاج فإننا نتفاعل عن طريق الهجوم أو التجنب أو التأقلم بعدة طرق أخرى.

♡ على الرغم من أننا نعلم من الناحية المنطقية أنه لا يوجد أحد مثالي، فإننا نستمر في إلزام أنفسنا بالمثاليات التي قد نعجز عن الوصول إليها أبداً.

♡ في أي وقت يبدأ حديث النقد الذاتي الداخلي الخاص بك، عليك بأخذ لحظة للنظر في الانتقادات نفسها، تخيل مثلاً لو كان صديق مقرب لك في نفس الموقف هل ستعطيه نفس رد الفعل؟!
إننا نميل إلى أن نكون أكثر تعاطفاً مع أصدقائنا من تعاطفنا مع أنفسنا، فكر إذاً فيما ستقوله لصديقك لو كان في نفس موقفك ووجه تلك التعليقات إلى نفسك، وهو ما سيقودك إلى تجنب إلحاق المزيد من الضرر باحترامك لذاتك بفعل هذه الأفكار الناقدة.

♡ السبب الرئيسي في معاناتنا هو التعلق بالناس والأشياء والنتائج والأفكار، وذلك لأننا عندما نتعلق فإننا نُشكل توقعاً مما يضعنا في وضع يسمح لنا بالتعثر والسقوط
"كل إنسان يمتلك جانباً لاشعورياً من التوقع، والذي إذا تحقق ينشأ عنه إحساسك بالسعادة، وإذا لم يتحقق ينشأ عنه إحساسك بالإحباط"

♡ يمكن لشعور الانفصال أن يكون مخيفاً لكنه أسهل بكثير مما يبدو عليه، إذ أننا لا ننفصل بالمعنى الحرفي عن الأشخاص أو الأشياء في واقع الأمر، بل نغير كيفية ارتباطنا بهم.
Profile Image for Othman alsaeed.
244 reviews16 followers
July 23, 2024
كتاب ممتع به شرح وافي لتأثير المشاعر على حياتنا وكيفية السيطرة عليها والتعامل معها. لخص الكاتب أخر الكتاب جميع الأفكار التي طرحها .لم يعجبني ادخال تأثير أحد أفكار البوذة في التطبيقات.

" ثم نبدأ في تصور أن القوى الخارجية كالأشياء هي جالبة للسعادة. لكن الحقيقة أنه لايوجد شيء خارجي يمكنه أن يجلب السعادة أو الأمان بحق لأنك أنت الشخص الوحيد الدي يستطيع أن يجلب لك السعادة في واقع الأمر ولكن اعتمادنا على الآخرين قد يحجب عنا تلك الحقيقة مع الأسف.

تقبل كل لحظة كما هي بالضبط فلا تقارن أو تستعِد ماحدث أمس لأن الأمر قد انتهي.ولاتحاول إطالة اللحظة كذلك الى شي يدوم إلى الأبد. لأن هذا الشيء لن يستمر، فلا شيء يدوم إلى الأبد في الحقيقة. ولذلك استوعب اللحظة واستمتع بها كما هي، لأنها حتماً ستمر، أما الآن فهذا يكفي. فلن يكون الغد كما هو اليوم حاول أن تقدر وتستمتع بما لديك وكأن ماتملكه الآن سيكون كافياً إلى الأبد ".
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19 reviews2 followers
April 12, 2021
Most insightful book I have read in... my entire life. Considering I have NEVER been good goof at controlling my emotions my older brother gave me this amazing, east to read and practical book and I am HOOKED. I am so glad I read it. I think it will really help in my future!
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June 11, 2025
I seldom read non-fiction. So, I'm very picky about my books and I decided to give this a try upon a friend's suggestion.

'Control your emotions' by Patrick King has made me change my perspective to life in many ways. There were instances where I had to pause and raise my eyebrows to rethink the statements made.

The author has put forth complex concepts in an easy way that can be understood even by a layman. I'm a person struggling with imposter syndrome, and because of this, negativity surrounds me most of the time. The practical insights drew me deeply, and I shall cultivate many tips in my life henceforth. I wondered after reading this - that many relationships end unnecessarily. If we learn to manage and control our emotions well, then it's a simple ride.
29 reviews1 follower
October 3, 2024
The title should be more 'How to become emotionally resilient'. This has less to do with controlling emotions like anxiety, depression or anger. More about how to cope with it in general. Still helpful tips, most are obvious and easy to follow. Although following this will show it's going to be a long process.
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October 11, 2025
الكتاب كويس، بيناقش مدى تأثير العواطف والمشاعر علينا وقد ايه هى بتتحكم فينا بشكل كبير جدا بدون ماناخد بالنا، وازاى نتحكم فى سيطرتها علينا عشان نحول الدفه ونبق احنا ال مسيطرين عليها ونسخرها لمصلحتنا ونقودها بدل ماتقودنا. شكرا
4 reviews
July 14, 2020
Great boo.

Very easy and practical strategies. One of the great books in self help books.personally helped me a lot and worth reading twice.
3 reviews
May 13, 2021
Very well written

Really liked the step by step process. very informative and good read. I have learned good things from this book.
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12 reviews
December 22, 2025
كتاب لذيذ بس معظم الافكار والحاجات اللي فية كنت عارفاها يعني وبعملها كد كد!!
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Author 6 books187 followers
October 20, 2019
There were genuine, helpful insight in that book although it erred on the lengthy side a little too much for my own taste. Parts about emotional granularity and the dynamics of self-esteem really helped frame my inner dialogue in a better and healthier way. But there's just too much stuff at the end. For example, I've read about Buddhism and Stoicism before. I don't need a 10 pages crash course on each. That's boring and not pertinent to the exercise. I don't need to know who managed his negativity the best. I want help managing mine, you know?
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37 reviews2 followers
July 23, 2024
اقل من عادي
يحتاج الى الكثير من الامثلة
وترتيب للافكار
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