Coaching practices for How to Cope with Overwhelm Emotions and Be Okay
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- When a big feeling crashes over me it’s like I become it
- I’m stuck at one of two extremes with hard feelings
- Every time I try to face the hard stuff I go straight at the worst of it to just get it over with, and it floods me
- The big blowup is over but I’m completely wrung out
- I keep trying to shove this feeling down or talk myself out of it, and the harder I fight it the worse it gets
Practices that may help
- Mindfulness of the current emotion
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Mindful awareness of suffering
Hold painful feelings in balanced awareness — neither suppressing them nor being swept away by them.
Self-Compassion, Made Practical - Titration (work in tiny, tolerable doses)
Approach a hard sensation or memory in small sips, not all at once, so you stay regulated.
Somatic Experiencing, Honestly Explained - Recover and recharge after intense emotion
After an emotional peak, deliberately allow recovery time — intense arousal depletes resources.
The 90-Second Rule, Made Practical - A — Allow the experience to be as it is
Let what is present be here, without pushing it away, numbing it, or elaborating it.
RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice - Map your stress response (conceptualization phase)
Before you train coping, understand the full sequence: trigger → appraisal → body → behavior → consequence.
Stress Inoculation Training - Give yourself permission to feel
Drop the judgment about whether you should or shouldn’t feel a certain way — the emotion is already there.
Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical - Stay with sensation without flooding (titrate)
Build the capacity to feel a sensation in tolerable doses instead of numbing or being swept away.
Interoception, Explained - ACCEPTS — structured distraction from crisis
Use Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing away, Thoughts, and Sensations to redirect attention during a crisis.
Distress Tolerance Skills, Made Practical - Riding the emotion wave with anicca awareness
When a strong emotion hits, track it through its full arc — notice it peak and fall without fleeing or amplifying.
Anicca: Working Practically with Impermanence
Related concerns
- How To Deal With Overwhelming Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
Mindfulness of the current emotion
- How To Cope With Overwhelming Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
- How To Overcome Overwhelming Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
- What To Do When Emotions Are Overwhelming
Use Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing away, Thoughts, and Sensations to redirect attention during a crisis.
ACCEPTS — structured distraction from crisis
- What To Do When You Are Overwhelmed With Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
- How To Deal With Emotions During Period
When a strong emotion hits, track it through its full arc — notice it peak and fall without fleeing or amplifying.
Riding the emotion wave with anicca awareness
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