Sometimes it can be difficult to contain your feelings. It is especially difficult to control emotions if you have been offended. But if necessary, you can hide the resentment, if you do not want to show it to others.
Remember that latent resentment can make itself felt in the future.
More constructive ways out of the situation are not to suppress your own feelings, but to find out the relationship with the person or forgive him and forget about what happened.
But if you want to cope with your feelings on your own and not show your upset, if you understand that you yourself are wrong, or, being offended, behave like a child, use one of the methods below so that others do not guess that you experiencing.
Joke
If you can turn a situation that may seem offensive, into a funny case, joke and laugh with other people, no one will guess that you are offended by what is happening.
Call on your sense of humor to help, respond to the offender with a famous quote, for example, from a movie or song, laugh at yourself in response to criticism, or play a trick on the other person in response to his unfair words.
If you turn everything into a joke, you will not have a bitter aftertaste, and others will not think that you are too worried about the situation.
Get distracted
To hide your resentment, sometimes it is enough to switch from sad thoughts to some kind of work or entertainment. The less attention you focus on the problem, the faster it will fade into the background in your head. And if you don't think about what happened, then negative emotions will recede.
If an unpleasant situation happened at work, focus on your work affairs, start solving current issues. When you are offended by someone from your family, and you do not want to show that you are hurt, pick up a book or turn on a movie.
Step back
If you can't hide your emotions at all, but you don't want to look like a weak person in the eyes of the offender, just leave him. When you are back to normal, you can return to the conversation.
Go for a walk, retire to another room. You will feel relieved when you are alone, and the person who has wronged you is not around.
Feel free to cry alone. When you pour out the accumulated emotions, in the future it will be easier for you to manage your condition and discuss a sore point.
Confess your feelings
Another way to hide a grudge is to explain to the person that he hurt you, but do it in an even voice. On the one hand, you confess your feelings. On the other hand, you hide their depth. People around you are likely to think that this conversation is just unpleasant for you. But they will not understand that you are seriously hurt. The main thing is to talk about your emotions calmly, with an indifferent expression on your face.
