Something terrible happened recently.

At least, it FELT terrible. In short, I was chastised at work. Given my black and white, perfectionist personality, this had the potential to be shattering. 

I did my best to use the DBT skill of Wise Mind to help myself, but it still was a struggle. My lesson? Simply adding a bit of reason does not make unpleasant emotions go away.

I wrote a much longer post about the experience [here](http://www.downthecenter.com/2014/03/epic-battle-between-emotion-mind-and.html). Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.

In the meantime, how do you deal with finding mental peace when you know that you are being guided by emotions rather than reason? I would love to hear your thoughts.