Learn · Sentences Expressing Emotions

When faced with significant challenges, emotions often become a barrier to clear thinking and decision-making.

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Sentence

Narrator

When faced with significant challenges, emotions often become a barrier to clear thinking and decision-making.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

When facing significant challenges, try to manage your emotions to improve your decision-making.

Describing Habits

In stressful situations, I often find my emotions cloud my judgment.

Asking About Others

How do you handle strong emotions when dealing with difficult problems?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If I didn't control my emotions during a crisis, my decisions would likely suffer.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Under conditions of significant adversity, emotional responses frequently impede rational thought and effective decision-making.

Casual

Big problems? Your feelings can really mess with your ability to think straight and make good choices.

Simpler English

When things get tough, feelings can stop you from thinking clearly and making good decisions.

Phrases to learn

significant challenges

Substantial or important difficulties or obstacles.

barrier to clear thinking

Something that prevents or hinders rational thought.