Want to Not Explode When Your Kids Are Fighting Over the Remote And You've Had a Hard Day? Streamline.
Who wouldn't rather not explode when their spouse forgets their anniversary? Or their kid leaves his dirty clothes on the floor one last time? How about when your mother-in-law says, "That would look nice on you, if you could lose a few pounds"? Believe me, I've been there. But now a new study is saying that there's a way to control our emotions by streamlining them. You heard me right. Streamlining. The many strategies people use to manage their emotions fall into three core groupings, according to newly published research from the University at Buffalo, as reported by newswise.com. The idea is to help people manage, or more constructively deal with, their emotions, since a lot of psychopathology is related to difficulty in regulating emotions. “The groupings can be useful for clinicians who are trying to better characterize the nature of the emotion regulation difficulties their clients are having,” says Kristin Naragon-Gainey, an assistant...