Emotions

After undergoing a severe brain injury, I graduated college and worked for the federal government for two years. I dug my way out of a major depression, and I learned emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

However, I still struggle sometimes with regulating my emotions. I may forget to check the facts, and my imagination can fuel by my emotions, and vice versa. Ergo, this can be a vicious cycle.

Yet, this fate isn’t a certainty. I can utilize techniques I learned. Checking the facts is one of them. When I feel myself getting emotional about something, I need to take a few seconds to breathe. Then, I need to check the facts. Take the steps of identifying what is making me upset and go through them and check whether or not all parts of it are valid and sound (true).