Infographic Gallery - Teach me how to regulate emotions (Part 2)

Reduce the effects of negative emotions
Emotion Regulation / Teach me how to regulate emotions (Part 2) / Talk to yourself kindly / If you criticise yourself easily, try talking more to yourself in the third / person’s perspective.  Keeping a psychological distance from your own experiences will make it easier to speak kindly to yourself for self-encouragement / Identify automatic thoughts / Automatic thoughts arise quickly in your mind, sometimes they will make you mistake your own thoughts as facts. For example, when you see a cold expression, you will immediately assume that the person doesn’t like you / Develop the habit of checking whether your thoughts are in line with facts can help prevent the negative emotions caused by misunderstandings / Rechoose my points of view / Choose a way of perceiving other people and things which create the least negative emotions for you / Share more of your thoughts and feelings with other people can improve your ability to look at people and things from different perspectives / Recall your best self / If being provoked suddenly, before responding to the urge of reacting immediately, stop and think clearly about your best self. How would you like yourself to behave? What personality traits would you like to have?  / Recall your best self can help to reduce the risk of losing control and stay calm