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Affect Regulation: Everything You Need To Know

July 18, 2023 by Gabrielle Ilagan

Everybody has emotions, both positive and negative. We can never have complete control over them. If you struggle with intense emotions so much that it gets in the way of your everyday life, you may have trouble with affect regulation.

What Is Affect Regulation?

Affect regulation is the capacity to handle emotional experiences and respond to emotions appropriately. Sometimes when you have intense emotions, you’re able to cope with them without being overwhelmed. However, when you feel hijacked by intense emotions, you might want to cope with them in ways that can make the situation worse. For example, you might turn to alcohol or drugs, lash out at others, or even harm yourself.

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Filed Under: DBT, Eating disorders Tagged With: anxiety, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, meditation, Mindfulness, stress

What Exactly Is “Wise Mind” in DBT?

June 28, 2023 by Dr. Paul Greene

With contributions from Gabrielle Ilagan

We all have moments when our emotions get the best of us. Some of us also have moments when we ignore our feelings altogether and let logic guide our decisions. Wise mind is a term for the state when you can access your emotions and your logical reasoning. The term comes from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a form of therapy that can help you build healthier relationships with your emotions.

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Filed Under: DBT Tagged With: emotion regulation, Mindfulness, wisdom

CBT for Anger Management Problems

October 20, 2022 by Justin Arocho, Ph.D.

Few emotional problems are as destructive as unhealthy anger. Fortunately, cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, can be very helpful if your anger is hard to control.

CBT for anger management

Anger is one of the basic human emotions. It’s universal – everyone feels angry at times. Anger is often labeled as a “bad” emotion. But the truth is it isn’t – it can actually be helpful to feel angry! For example, when someone acts against you or you experience injustice, anger can help motivate you to stand up for yourself or to fight back.

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Filed Under: Cognitive-behavioral therapy, DBT Tagged With: anger, anger management, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, Mindfulness, stress

What You Should Know If You’re Crying for No Reason

October 4, 2021 by Justin Arocho, Ph.D.

Crying is hard but understandable — most of the time. What about when it feels like you’re crying for no reason? And what can you do if it keeps happening?

We cry when we feel an upswell or burst of emotion, or when we’re in physical pain. Crying is healthy. It can soothe us, reduce pain, and show others that we need help. It is not a sign of weakness, as some believe. Yet sometimes crying seems to happen randomly or out of the blue. If crying seems to happen for no reason on a regular basis, it could be a sign of emotional difficulties.

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Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Kids and teens Tagged With: crying, emotion regulation, sadness

How to Be Awesome at Self-Soothing and Self-Care

November 16, 2020 by Rachel Chang, Psy.D.

We all need the ability to soothe and care for ourselves. But how can we best do these things? Here we offer some tips to help you master these important skills.

Updated: June 26, 2022

We Need All the Help We Can Get

21st-century living can be very demanding. People are often consumed by their day-to-day responsibilities such as work, household chores, or taking care of loved ones. Often there is little choice but to focus on the next task on the to-do list. As a result, we neglect to take the time to care for ourselves, which can leave us feeling stressed and burned out.

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Filed Under: DBT Tagged With: distress tolerance, emotion regulation, habit change, self-care

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anxietyocd Paul Greene, Ph.D. @anxietyocd ·
26 Sep

Loneliness may be the current biggest mental health epidemic in the US. It's impactful and widespread. It turns out research shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can help. #mentalhealth #cbtworks

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Does your primary care doctor screen you for anxiety disorders? Turns out they should. #anxiety #PublicHealth https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/health/uspstf-anxiety-depression-adults

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Good news -- @liz_roemer has written a great explanation of what it actually looks like to use #mindfulness to deal with chronic pain and illness. If you've felt curious about this, take a read:

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