Coaching practices for How to Deal with My Emotions
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- When a big feeling crashes over me it’s like I become it
- I feel the jealousy or the hurt and then immediately pile on a second layer of "I shouldn’t feel this, a mature person wouldn’t"
- I try to keep the emotion out and stay reasonable, but it never actually stays out
- When I’m upset I’m completely fused with the story
- When a wave of anger or panic hits, it feels like it’ll swallow me whole if I don’t do something right now
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 - 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 - Bring feelings into the conversation deliberately
Name the emotions instead of leaking them — unspoken feelings don’t leave, they distort.
Difficult Conversations, Made Practical - O — Observe: Notice What Is Actually Happening
After the stop, observe the situation, your emotions, and your urges — without judgment and without acting on them.
The STOP Skill: A DBT Technique for Crisis Moments - 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 - N — Nurture with self-compassion
Offer the part that is suffering what it most needs — care, acknowledgment, reassurance — as you would a dear friend.
RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice - P — Proceed Mindfully: Act from Wisdom, Not Impulse
After observing, ask: "What action is consistent with my goals and values right now?" — then act on that.
The STOP Skill: A DBT Technique for Crisis Moments - 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 - Mindful awareness of suffering
Hold painful feelings in balanced awareness — neither suppressing them nor being swept away by them.
Self-Compassion, Made Practical - Map your emotional landscape
Identify which situations reliably produce which emotions for you — before you need to regulate them.
Situation Selection, Made Practical
Related concerns
- How To Deal With 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 Deal With Your Emotions Alone
Offer the part that is suffering what it most needs — care, acknowledgment, reassurance — as you would a dear friend.
N — Nurture with self-compassion
- How To Deal With Your Emotions By Yourself
Offer the part that is suffering what it most needs — care, acknowledgment, reassurance — as you would a dear friend.
- How To Deal With My Emotions Better
Name the emotions instead of leaking them — unspoken feelings don’t leave, they distort.
Bring feelings into the conversation deliberately
- How To Handle Emotions Biblically
After the stop, observe the situation, your emotions, and your urges — without judgment and without acting on them.
O — Observe: Notice What Is Actually Happening
- How Deal With Your Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
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