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Emotional regulation is the ability to recognize, manage, and respond to emotions in a healthy and appropriate way. It includes taking actions to alter the intensity of emotional experiences, without suppressing or denying emotions. Emotion dysregulation is the inability to regularly use healthy strategies to diffuse or moderate negative emotions. Learning to regulate emotions is a complex process that requires attention, planning, and practice. There are three types of emotion regulation strategies: attentional control, cognitive reappraisal, and response modulation. The five key skills for strong emotional development are self-awareness, social-awareness, emotional regulation, responsible decision making and relationship building. To improve emotional regulation, individuals can cultivate a sacred buffer of time between feeling the emotion and reacting to it, pause to collect their thoughts before responding, and wait until they are in a supportive setting to process tough feelings.