Emotional regulation, I believe, is one of the most important skills that you can learn and become familiar with. A piece that is important to understand about emotional regulation is that it is not about shaming a child or adult about having big feelings or reactions. It is the opposite, it is about teaching individuals how to recognize those big feelings and help yourself to better manage them. Succesfully understanding and practicing emotional regulation can help with a variety of personal skills such as…
- Mental Health: can help reduce anxiety, depression and stress as well as build resillience to allow you to recover quicker from upsetting situations.
- Relationships: improves your ability to communicate effectively when in stressful or upsetting situations.
- Physical Health: knowing how to manage your stress and anxiety can help avoid the physical symptoms of these emotion such as high blood pressure, lack of sleep, and a weakened immune system.
- Personal Self Image: increase your feeling of self worth and provides you with a stronger sense of control.
- Productivity: helps to reduce distractions by overwhelming feelings and allow for better concentration where needed.
- Decision Making: allows for better judgement and rationality and decrease your likelihood to make impulsive choices and decisions.