#12: Managing Emotions - A Guide To Coping With Painful Feelings

Hello Therapy: Mental Health Tips For Personal Growth

In this epsiode, we'll dive deep into familiar territory – the often rocky terrain of our emotions. We've all been there, haven't we? Wrestling with those pesky feelings that just won't settle, trying our hardest to either suppress the painful ones under a façade of okay-ness or being so overwhelmed by them that they seem to define our very existence.

But today, I offer you an alternative approach. We'll explore common pitfalls, like over-identification with our emotions, bottling them up or harshly judging ourselves for simply feeling them. And, of course, I'll share practical strategies to help you navigate these pitfalls, including how to observe your feelings without getting entangled in them, the importance of healthy emotional outlets, and the benefits of self-compassion.
Transforming your relationship with your emotions, I cover:
- Why emotions are not the enemy and how to coexist with them peacefully.

- Techniques to avoid over-identification with your feelings and maintain a healthy perspective.

- Practical methods to prevent bottling up emotions and dealing with the mess later.

- Strategies to counteract self-judgment and embrace self-compassion.

- How emotional acceptance can be your most powerful ally.
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Capitoli

1. Freebie - Managing Emotions workbook (00:01:01)

2. Overidentifying with emotions (00:01:42)

3. How to change overidentifying with emotions (00:02:36)

4. Pizza metaphor for understanding emotions (00:02:50)

5. How to observe and notice emotions (00:04:21)

6. Bottling up emotions - fizzy soda bottle metaphor (00:04:53)

7. How to process feelings (00:05:41)

8. Judging painful emotions (00:06:15)

9. All of your feelings are valid (00:06:50)

10. What to do instead of judging yourself for your emotions (00:07:02)

11. Intellectualising emotions (00:07:37)

12. Tip for intellectualising difficult emotions (00:08:25)

13. Overusing distraction as a coping mechanism (00:08:40)

14. Tip for overusing distraction (00:09:32)

15. Assuming permanence of emotions (00:10:32)

16. The wax and wane of emotions (00:12:00)

17. Language around emotions (00:13:40)

18. Benefits of using an Emotions Wheel (00:13:59)