In examining the barriers to critical thinking, one, in particular, stood out, emotional influences. Emotional influences can include anger, passion, and stress. These three influences affect me greatly in my critical thinking process. I am a very passionate person when it comes to things I care about and goals that I want to carry out. This passion creates issues at times due to the fact that I expect so much from myself that this leads to anger. Furthermore, as the anger builds stress begins to creep into the equation. I fully recognize and understand the potential roadblocks that emotional influences offer to my critical thinking, but I am also trying to better cope with these influences to make myself a better
