![]() When we are feeling sad, our action urge may be to stay in bed, withdraw from social supports, and to engage in compare and despair. The more we approach what makes us anxious, the more we will experience mastery and a sense of self-efficacy in approaching our fears. In the long-term, we are going to be all the more anxious the next time we have to speak in a meeting because of that initial avoidance. In the short-term, we feel relieved and relaxed. A great example is calling into work sick due to anxiety around having to speak during a meeting. Subsequently, our anxiety increases the next time we are in a similar situation. This, in turn, increases our anxiety because we are not facing what makes us anxious. ![]() With anxiety, our action urge may be to avoid what makes us anxious, to procrastinate, or to isolate. The goal of the opposite to emotion action is to identify unhelpful behaviors and urges and to respond in the opposite way to improve mood.īelow are a few examples of how to apply opposite to emotion action: With any emotion comes an action urge or behavior. Opposite to emotion action is an emotion regulation skill to improve mood. ![]() Oftentimes, when we are experiencing emotions such as sadness, anxiety, guilt, or frustration, we respond in ineffective ways that increase the intensity of emotions, rather than help us move through them skillfully. That being said, we can unintentionally get stuck in or perpetuate an emotion by the way that we respond to emotion through our actions. ![]() Emotions come and go – they are not stagnant. On any given day, humans can experience a wide array of emotions: happiness, sadness, hope, despair, anxiety, guilt, and joy. ![]()
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