Emotion Regulation Strategies
What is 'Accept'?
Name two things you can control.
What is...
my feelings/my thoughts/my actions/my choices/ etc.
These are the 6 basic emotions.
What is joy, surprise, disgust, anger, fear, and sadness?
The four zones of regulation.
What are blue, green, yellow, and red?
Name an opposite action to Isolation.
What is 'talk to someone, try doing things you usually like to do, be around others, be active'?
This emotion regulation strategy includes regulating your __________.
What are thoughts?
When we do not accept reality (or we fight reality) we get stuck in this.
What is....
feeling sorry for ourselves, spiraling, anger, overthinking, anxiety, wanting revenge, shutting down, emotional dysregulation?
An overwhelming feeling of worry or nervousness.
What is anxiety?
This is the 'regulated' zone.
What is green?
Thoughts are NOT _____.
What are 'facts'?
The circle of control relates to this emotion regulation strategy.
What is 'Acceptance'?
Acceptance IS...
What is acknowledging a situation, oneself, or another person as they are, without resistance or judgment, even if you don't agree with it.
This is why it is important to have a large emotion vocabulary.
What is 'naming your feelings is helpful to explaining how you feel'?
empowering, helpful, coping, etc.
The blue zone is ____ energy.
What is low?
What are 'triggers'?
This strategy includes identifying and describing the action urges you have in response to a strong emotion.
What is 'Taking Opposite Action'?
Acceptance is NOT....
What is...
approval/blind positivity/blind optimism/liking or agreeing with what happened?
This is what it means to regulate your emotions.
What is 'control your emotions'?
Annoyed fits into this zone.
What is 'yellow'?
The action urge someone may feel like doing when they are really sad.
What is 'Isolation'?
This is how you take an unhelpful thought and make it helpful.
What is 'Reframe'?
_______ ____: a simple trick to pull your mind toward something else that is more positive and uplifting, rather than getting stuck in the downward spiral of Unhelpful thinking.
What are "thought stops"?
This is how resilience is connected to emotion regulation.
If you are in the red zone, you are ___ _ ____.
What is 'out of control'?
The action urge for anxiety.
What is 'avoidance'?
Mrs. Man's maiden name (last name before she got married... need correct spelling and pronunciation)
What is 'Koerper'? (pronounced Kerper)