This document discusses emotions and strategies for managing emotions. It begins by outlining what will be covered, including different types of emotions, behavioral patterns associated with emotions, and therapies for emotional dysregulation. It then defines positive and negative emotions and provides examples. Behavioral patterns in response to emotions are categorized into destruction, approach, retreat/flight, and stopping response. Strategies for managing emotions include identifying triggers, tuning into physical symptoms, positive self-talk, choosing responses, noticing positive emotions, and seeking therapy such as DBT, CBT, or ERT if needed. Maintaining positive emotions and always following healthy regulation strategies while seeking help for negative triggers is advised.

1. Instructor : Ms. Maryam Shahzadi
Department of Applied Psychology GCWUF

2.  We’ll learn:
1) Variety of emotions
2) Patterns of overt behavior in emotion
3) Strategies to manage emotions
4) Therapies for Emotional dysregulation

3.  There are 2 variety of Emotions:
1) Positive Human Emotion
2) Negative Human Emotion

5.  Positive emotions that lead one to feel good
about one’s self will lead to an emotionally
happy and satisfied result.
 Some positive emotions are
Hopeful
Confident
Peaceful

6.  Negative emotions sap your energy,
undermine your effectiveness and lack of
desire to do anything.
 Some negative emotions are
Exhausted
Panic
Obnoxious

7.  Psychologists generally classified emotional
behavior patterns in 4 broad categories:
4 broad categories
1 Destruction
2 Approach
3 Retreat or flight
4 Stopping of response

8.  Uncivilized man makes
a physically destructive
attack like
biting,
scratching,
choking,
hitting,
spitting, or
snarling.

9.  Civilized man makes attack more symbolic.
Words take the place of blows and the end
result is anger.

10.  In pleasant emotions the
essential response is approach.
 Any stimulus that create a
pleasant response in human
serves as a motivator for future
responses.
 E.g: Biryani is a stimulus that
creates a pleasant response.

11.  Flight from a dangerous situation may be physical or
symbolic and is often used as a mode of adjustment.
 Some people try to escape from frustration or
irritation by moving from place to place, job to job,
or even spouse to spouse.
 In civilized life, we more often retreat symbolically
through words, apologies, compromises, discussion
or through psychological mechanisms of withdrawal.

13.  Gloom is an emotional reaction that does not involve
destruction, approach, or retreat but rather a
widespread stopping of usual responses.
 In grief, an extreme form of gloom, the individuals
fails to respond to even the most potent stimuli.

14. 1) Identify and reduce triggers
 You should try to avoid negative emotions or be
afraid of them.
 You don’t have to put yourself in a situation that
bring unpleasant emotions.
 Start to look for factors that are present when you
start to feel strong emotions.

15. 2) Tune into physical symptoms
 Pay attention to how you are feeling, including
whether you are feeling hungry or tired.
 These factors exacerbate your emotions and cause
you to interpret your emotions more strongly.

16. 3) Engage in positive self-talk
 Try to encouraging yourself by saying
“I always try so hard” or
“People are doing the best they can”

17. 4) Make a choice about how to respond
 Make a choice about how to respond because if you
show anger towards people, it creates negative
impact on your relationship.
 You might also notice that it doesn’t feel good.

18. 5) Look for positive emotions
 Human beings naturally attribute more weight to
negative emotions than positive ones. This is known
as negative bias.
 So, make a habit of noticing positive experiences
because it boost resilience and well-being.

19. 6) Seek out a therapist
 Managing our own emotions can be difficult. It
requires a high degree of self-awareness.
 Sometimes we need a therapist who help us learn
better self-regulation skills.

20.  Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
 Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT)
 Emotional regulation therapy (ERT)

21.  Positive emotions that lead one to feel good
and negative emotions sap energy and lack of
desire to do something.
 Always follow strategies for healthy
emotional regulation.
 Seek help from therapist if you find any
negative trigger emotion.

22. Quize / Question

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