Barriers to Emotion Regulation
This can make it harder to regulate emotions, such as being born with certain sensitivities.
What is biology?
Doing something enjoyable right now, like listening to music, helps build this.
What are short-term positive experiences?
Doing one thing each day that gives you a sense of accomplishment is called this.
What is building mastery?
When you think everything is either all good or all bad, this is happening.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This planet is the closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
It’s harder to regulate emotions if you don’t know what to do.
What is lack of skill?
Working toward a life that feels meaningful builds these over time.
What are long-term positive experiences?
When practicing mastery, your tasks should be this.
What is difficult but possible?
When you come to a conclusion after only one or two incidents, this distortion is at play.
What is overgeneralization?
This element is used to make the wires in most electrical circuits.
What is copper?
If your environment encourages big emotional reactions, this is happening.
What is reinforcement of emotional behavior?
To build positive emotions in relationships, you can repair old ones, reach out for new ones, and work on these.
What are current relationships?
Planning for success means increasing or decreasing what over time?
What is the task difficulty?
When you assume you know what someone else is thinking, this type of jumping to conclusions is happening.
What is mind reading?
The tallest animal in the world is this.
What is a giraffe?
When your current feelings control what you do instead of your Wise Mind, this is happening.
What is moodiness?
One way to accumulate positive emotions is to avoid this habit of staying away from experiences.
What is avoiding?
Thinking through a tough situation and planning your coping skills ahead of time is this skill.
What is cope ahead?
When you decide something will turn out badly before it happens, this subtype of jumping to conclusions is happening.
What is predicting the future?
This U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State.”
What is Florida?
Mistaken beliefs about emotions, such as “emotions are weak,” are called this.
What are emotion myths?
The first step in building positive emotions long-term is to identify these, such as productivity or kindness.
What are values?
The last step in cope ahead is to do this after rehearsing.
What is practice relaxation?
Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that usually reinforce these kinds of emotions.
What are negative emotions?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?