Emotional Reading

When you get an email, the way you read it depends on who it is from.

When you read a headline on your phone, emotions are incited.

Depending on the stage in your life, the way you read anything will take it’s own tune.

In my world, I help people that have to confront words they do not want to read. This is true in emails, text messages, letters, reports, legal pleadings, Court orders, and the list goes on. We have to learn to read without falling part. Critical thinking is best when emotions are removed. We can analyze text, ask questions, process and understand, and have improved comprehension when our emotional side is turned to a minimum.

In my world too, I myself have emotional responses to what I read or issues I have to face. My process though is generally different because of my regularly confronting issues that can paralyze others. I and other colleagues know how to help people while not get ‘caught in the fight.’ No one is perfect, but I am conscious of the experience and what I have learned thus far practicing family law.

I would encourage you to be conscious of emotional reading. Try to notice it. Notice how you feel. Give yourself a chance to think. Usually reading text over and over again over a period of time means you are learning more about the text and your interpretation of the text. Are you open to trying this out?