How to Change a Transition Curve

The transition curve is a graph used to explain emotional and personal changes over a period of time, usually applied to larger events. For example, physiologists often use transition curves to explain emotional changes during traumatic experiences and entrepreneurs use transition curves to explain the thought process businessmen go through after entering a new business venture. Make changes to your own transition curve by analyzing your own thought process. An honest analysis of your emotions and thoughts may help you shorten the curve during negative-emotion stages.

Instructions

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  Analyze your emotions and mental state, especially when feeling a strong emotion such as anger, sadness or exuberance. These emotions occur when something new has occurred in your life. An honest assessment of your emotional state helps you to calm the mind which, in turn, allows you to take a more measured approach to your situation.

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  Research your situation as much as possible to help aid you through the transition curve. For example, the first stage of a transition curve involving the beginning of a new personal business involves optimism, following quickly by pessimism. Arming yourself with as much knowledge as possible regarding the building and management of a business helps qualm some fears, which shortens the transition curve and reduces parts of the curve associated with negative emotions.

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  Implement new coping skills or life skills to deal with the changes in your life, using your research to formulate the best plan. Use the skills to help you through your own personal transition curve, bypassing some of the phases most people go through as a natural progression. Your analysis, research and implementation of skills stops the natural progression and brings about the end of the curve, bringing you to a more stable emotional and mental state.