Emotion Regulation
What does emotion regulation mean?
Balancing our emotions
If you observe someone biting their nails and looking around their environment with wide eyes, what emotion might they be experiencing?
Fear
Name one STRONG skill
Sleep as much as needed; take medications as prescribed; resist drugs and alcohol; once a day do something that you feel good about; Nutrition; get exercise
What is an action urge?
Urge to act in a certain way based on an emotion
What does the B in ABC Skill stand for?
Building mastery!
Name one way emotion regulation can help us
Reduce emotional suffering; increase amount of wanted emotions; increase strength over emotion mind; help us access wise mind more often; etc!
Name one job of emotions
1. Motivate us to take action 2. Communicate 3. Validate
Name one sleep hygiene habit?
Regular bedtime; regular wake up time; no phones before bed; no caffeine before bed; etc.
What does opposite action mean?
Purposely doing the opposite action an emotion wants you to do
What is a positive experience you had this week?
:)
What does mindfulness of current emotion mean?
Observing, describing, and allowing emotion without judging or fighting it
Name the 8 basic emotions
Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Shame, Guilt, Joy, Surprise
What is one thing you could do a day that you would feel good about?
:)
What is the action urge for anger? What would opposite action for anger look like?
Attack; leaving the situation, being kind to the person
How could someone cope ahead if they are fearful of thunderstorms?
Pay attention to the weather report; try and be in a comfortable place during storm; choose a good movie to watch ahead of time; so many ways!