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Hi everyone!
![]() I thought it might be helpful to have a list of some articles about coping with emotions. I've included a list of a few articles about Coping with Emotions or related subjects I found here at PC. If anyone has s favorite coping skill, or information they would like to share please feel free to reply to this thread. General Coping:
On Anger Management: Mindfulness and other techniques __________________ ![]() Yesterday I was so clever, so I want to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Last edited by DocJohn; Jun 09, 2016 at 01:28 PM.. |
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Thanx for the links. I struggle with my emotions.
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It's not so much a way of coping with emotions I guess as more troubling thoughts, but when I'm experiencing distressing thoughts I find reciting number sequences helps to focus the mind, generally either mentally listing prime numbers, or more simply looping over 12345432...
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These links will help me greatly I didn't realize I was an extra sensitive person until I read a few of them they explained me perfectly and made me understand a lot of the problems in my life.
I greatly thank you for the help. I think this might just help me be a better person to myself even. Thankful |
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My best coping mechanism regarding emotions is simply to dismiss the thoughts that elicit the emotions, and look right at the emotions themselves. When I cut off the power supply, the emotions begin to dissolve immediately. If the triggering thought or circumstance is strong enough, I might have to do this several times because it soon returns, but with practice this technique really does help me. Also, when I do this repeatedly, I begin to realize that the thought, which triggers the emotion, is secondary to my mind's attachment to the emotion. I don't have to look far to find another trigger if I'm in that frame of mind.
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This looks great. It will take me a minute to go through all this and I'm new and dont know what im doing yet. But I am out of control and wonder if I really can apply something to help.
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Deep breathing, music, long walks or a good movie. xx
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Thank you for taking the time to do this. Its appreciated.
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thank you so much for the links, they're really helpful
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I skimmed a few of the links and I saw myself in several of them so I will go back and reread them. Thanks for sharing that information.
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i am new member. Iam suffering from old memories how can i overcome this situation. Plz help |
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Thank you! i will look into this!
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when emotions become overwhelming, having the skills to manage them is crucial. even tho the following were developed for anxiety and panic, i have found them to be equally useful for other emotions.
Self Comforting Skills we are social creatures, but getting what we need when we need it from another is not always available. here are some of the suggestions from the DBT handbook on Self Soothing Skills: think of soothing each of your FIVE SENSES 1) Vision: Notice what you see, find soothing things to look at. (i go to a blog that has lovely pictures: C PTSD - A Way Out | A place to check in daily 2) Hearing: Pay attention to what you can hear around you. (put on your favorite music...) 3) Smell: Be aware of the memories that smell can bring. (i like to do aroma therapy. there are many Essential Oils for that.) 4) Taste: Carefully savor flavors that the day brings you. (keep a favorite hard candy on hand, for the little sugar boost, too.) 5) Touch: Find comfort in touch. (keep a special pillow or blanket with a favorite perfume on it.) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy/Distress Tolerance Skills/Self-soothing - Wikibooks, open books for an open world these are not listed, but i find them handy, too: A) Reassurance: Tell yourself that you are OK, safe and unharmed. (the danger is past, you have survived this before and now you are stronger and more skillful than then.) B) Take Action: Go for a walk, or exercise or clean house or cook. (use your body's natural focusing powers to leave the emotion behind.) C) Refocus: Think about pleasant things. Push the hurtful thoughts away. (have a hobby or a story, or a book that you like, to take your mind to a better place.) Coping With Strong Emotions: 1. Remember, strong feelings are just exaggerations of normal bodily stress reactions. 2. Sensations are neither harmful nor dangerous - just unpleasant. Nothing worse will happen. 3. Emotions are temporary. Instead of fighting, relax into it. Just let it be. 4. Focus on facing the feeling rather than trying to avoid it or escape from it. 5. Stop adding to the panic with frightening thoughts of where panic will lead. 6. Stay in the present. Be aware of what is happening to you rather than concern yourself with how much worse it might get. 7. Notice that when you stop adding to panic with frightening thoughts, the fear begins to fade. 8. Wait and give the feeling time to pass. 9. Look around you. Plan what you will do next as the emotion subsides. 10. When you are ready to go on, do so in an easy, relaxed manner. There is no hurry. 11. Think about the progress made so far despite all the difficulties. Some Specific Actions: 1. Manage your breathing, if it is rapid, breathe into a paper sack to lower oxygen uptake; 2. Count your breaths, 1001, 1002, 1003, ect, up to 1020, then start again, slow down the count to slow your heartbeat. counting interferes with emotional feelings; 3. Delay doing anything about your anxiety or emotion, just follow the steps and focus on getting thru it; 4. Distract yourself, with anything that requires you to focus and is simple and handy - at home you might read something easy, like a magazine, or knit or wash dishes, whatever engages your attention; 5. Eat something to replenish the blood sugars that adrenalin has burned up, and give yourself at least 15 minutes for the kidneys to clean out the 'ashes' in your blood; 6. Write these things down and keep them with you, until you have made them a habit practice these skills before you need them, or when you are just mildly upset, so they will be familiar when you are feeling very upset. i hope you find this information helpful~ best wishes~ Gus __________________ AWAKEN~! |
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I don't deal with my emotions (do I even have any?) or problems. I sit them in a chair across the room, and have a staredown contest till they are through causing a problem. they are still there, and still need to be dealt with. however they remain quiet as long as I continue to stare at them.
(the room now has too many chairs, don't know how more I can fit in here) __________________ why me? what did I do to deserve being treated this way? and for 54 years yet! ![]() The guy who seemed unbreakable BROKE, the guy who always laughed STOPPED, the guy who never stopped trying finally GAVE UP, he dropped the fake smile as a tear rolled down his cheek and he whispered "i cant do this anymore" then collapsed and gave up the ghost. |
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Can you start a discussion on THE INNER CHILD? The child within us?
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