Regulating emotions more effectively
Recognize emotions, understand what influences them and explore ways of responding to them.
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- Situations
Guiding idea
Start here if you want not only to understand emotion regulation but to practise it actively.
Decision aid
Recognizing emotions and cognitive vulnerability help you understand your current experience and what influences it. Emotion exposure focuses on engaging with feelings that would otherwise be avoided. Opposite action addresses your action urge; problem solving addresses a situation that can be changed. The relevant approach depends, among other things, on how the emotion fits the facts and your goal.
One possible starting point
Recognizing Emotions
When you want to identify the emotion, bodily signals and action urges present right now.
Also in: Mindfulness
Other options
Working with thoughts and feelings
Cognitive Vulnerability
When thinking habits or assumptions help maintain emotional difficulties.
Also in: Mindfulness
Emotion Exposure
When you want to practise tolerating an avoided feeling gradually in a protected setting.
Also in: Distress Tolerance
Changing actions and situations
Opposite Action
When your emotional action urge does not fit the facts or your goal.
Also in: Distress Tolerance
Problem Solving
When the emotion fits the situation and you want to address a real, changeable problem.
Also in: Distress Tolerance · Interpersonal Effectiveness