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Default Feb 03, 2012 at 12:43 PM
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Hi everyone! to Coping with Emotions.
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

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Arrow Feb 05, 2012 at 11:51 PM
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Thanx for the links. I struggle with my emotions.
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Default Mar 19, 2012 at 06:08 PM
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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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Default Sep 18, 2012 at 05:52 AM
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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.

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Default Nov 22, 2012 at 10:43 PM
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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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Default Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21 AM
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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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Default Dec 12, 2012 at 12:24 AM
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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...
That's interesting I think I do that to. Why? Like preoccupies the crazy thinking. I cant find it to generally calm my mind though more to distract. Wht else do you do to get your brain to stop

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Default Jan 15, 2013 at 09:59 AM
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Hi everyone! to Coping with Emotions.
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
thank you for the links I read them -very interesting
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That's interesting I think I do that to. Why? Like preoccupies the crazy thinking. I cant find it to generally calm my mind though more to distract. Wht else do you do to get your brain to stop
Have you looked into CBT? A lot of it is about re-programming your thoughts. The ones that run around in your head and trigger certain emotions. I find it very hard to stop them. But that is key, I read that emotions are an indication that something is happening. I think it is helpful to write down all the thoughts that are causing the emotions and then it might be easier to stop them.. or rewrite them in your head. This all sounds easy when i explain it, but it is something that I am struggling with. The trouble with having a strong emotion is that you feel it is justified and so you don't normally think to rationalize the emotion in that moment. But even if you do it the following day, it can help. It takes a lot of work.
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Deep breathing, music, long walks or a good movie. xx
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, emotion that express your feelings..............
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Thanx for the links. I struggle with my emotions.
Yes thank you. I always seem to be struggling with my feelings. I'm going to go read them now.
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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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Default Apr 11, 2014 at 07:20 AM
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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~

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Default Apr 11, 2014 at 08:59 AM
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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)

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