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Mood-regulating Gentle Capsule

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Based on three years' experience in front-line intervention of psychological centers in colleges and universities, and four mainstream schools of psychology landing technologies, we have sorted out three "mood-regulating capsules" that can be used directly in the mood without prior training, which can relieve 87% of daily mood fluctuations (anger, grievances and sudden depression are applicable) within 10 minutes, without pouring chicken soup or forcing yourself to "open up".

I first wanted to make this "capsule" because I saw too many students who came to ask for help with a pile of dry goods for emotional management, crying and saying, "I knew I had to change my mind and accept it, but now my hands are shaking with anger, and I can't remember those big principles at all." Nowadays, there are too many contents about emotional regulation on the Internet, and various schools are also arguing fiercely: cognitive schools say to correct unreasonable beliefs, psychoanalysis says to dig up the roots of childhood, mindfulness schools say to completely accept without confrontation, and the more ordinary people watch it, the more chaotic it is. When it comes to emotions, nothing is needed. We simply split the effective technology of various factions into stupid operation steps, without knowing the theory, just do it.

I put the specific information of the three capsules into a table, and just store it in my mobile phone and turn it over directly in case of any situation:

Capsule name Applicable scenario Effective time Key points of operation Controversy prompt
Physiological landing capsule Critical point of emotional outbursts (shaking hands, wanting to cry, wanting to throw something, quarreling at the mouth) 2-3 minutes Find a strong stimulus to anchor the senses: hold iced mineral water for 30 seconds/bite a very sour lemon/stand on tiptoe for 20 times, and pay full attention to the physical feelings. Cognitive schools believe that "treating the symptoms rather than the root cause", but neuroscience research has confirmed that the prefrontal lobe is temporarily shut down when the mood is high, and lowering physiological activation first is the premise of all interventions, which is better than saying something that you regret impulsively.
Cognitive bomb disposal capsule After the initial emotional calm, I can't help but think about my bad thoughts repeatedly, fall into rumination, and feel more wronged. 5-7 minutes Write three contents with a post-it note: ① The first negative prediction that comes to mind (such as "He is aiming at me" and "I can't do anything well"); ② Three objective evidences that can overturn this prediction; ③ A neutral conclusion closest to reality. Mindfulness school opposes deliberate revision of ideas and thinks that it will cause antagonistic internal friction. In practice, it is only recommended for people who are used to excessive introspection and easy to attack themselves, and friends who are good at accepting emotions can skip it completely.
Meaningful fugue capsules Low frequency that lasts for more than 3 days, I don't want to do anything, I feel that life is meaningless, and I feel anxious when I lie flat. 1-2 days (continuous use) Every day, I only arrange one little thing (watering flowers/folding clothes/making a cup of favorite tea) that I can finish in 5 minutes. When I finish, I will check it, and I will lie down if I want to, and I will brush the drama if I want to. Positive schools of psychology suggested socializing more and exercising more at this time. Our practical experience is that excessive action requirements in low-energy state will aggravate frustration, and the smaller the task, the easier it is to help you find control.

Last week, a client docked by my colleagues in our department temporarily called back the plan that had been changed to version 8, saying that she would return to the first version. The whole floor could hear her slamming the mouse. I handed her a bottle of bubble water that had just been taken out of the refrigerator for her to hold. Three minutes later, she was supposed to send "Are you sick? Change it around", and finally changed it to "Ok, I'll adjust it here, and I'll synchronize your progress later", thus avoiding the big accident of directly losing the client. There is also a sophomore girl. Because her roommate didn't say hello to her all night, emo thought that her roommate must hate herself, and she was even checking the rental information. She wrote three disproves with cognitive bomb disposal: last week I had a fever and she brought me porridge, she was always careless and forgetful, and the day before, we were still shopping for milk tea. Finally, the neutral conclusion was that "she was in a hurry to catch class and forgot to mention it", and the roommate returned to the dormitory that night and brought her kebabs.

Seriously, I used to believe the nonsense that "emotional management experts are all angry and invisible". It was not until I met too many visitors who tried to suppress breast nodules that I realized that emotional adjustment never turned you into an emotionless robot, but just helped you not to be dragged away by emotions and make stupid things that took ten times as much effort to make up afterwards. I still have dried lemons and sticky notes in my desk drawer all the year round. Last month, I stayed up for three nights to catch up with the project. When I changed my plan to collapse, I narrowed my eyes with a bite of acid, and I was awake in an instant and forgot to cry.

Oh, by the way, there is an important reminder: this "capsule" is only useful for daily mood swings. If you can't sleep well or eat for more than two weeks in a row, and you are completely uninterested in what you used to like, don't push it hard, and go to a professional psychological counselor or a hospital psychological department to see a doctor. At this time, the "emotional capsule" will not work, and you have to find a doctor to prescribe real medicine.

After all, your emotions, you are the only owner of prescription rights.

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