How Emotional Regulation Skills Improve Daily Life
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Description
Most of us were never taught how to handle intense emotions. Emotional regulation skills fill in what most of us missed.
What Emotional Regulation Actually Means
Emotional regulation is the ability to influence which emotions you have, when you have them, and how you express them. It is about receiving information without being hijacked by it.
How Daily Life Improves When You Build These Skills
- Arguments get shorter.
- Sleep gets better.
- Decisions stop being hijacked by moods.
- Relationships feel less exhausting.
Skills That Actually Help
- Naming what you feel: Simply labeling an emotion reduces activity in the amygdala.
- Noticing body signals: A tight jaw, a fluttering chest.
- Grounding: Feeling your feet on the floor.
- Opposite action: Doing the opposite of what the emotion wants you to do.
Where You Learn These Skills
DBT is built around teaching these skills. Artisan Counseling offers DBT-informed work along with other approaches like CBT and ACT.
