Module 4 | Taking Action and Putting It All Together

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MODULE VIDEO:

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

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Putting it all together

So, by now we’ve hopefully provided a bit of a crash course into how the emotions we experience in a given situation are changeable depending on how we attend, think and respond. We covered five major ways in which we can seek to either increase (up-regulate) or decrease (down-regulate) our emotional responses: situation selection, situation modification, attention, appraisal and response modulation. When you find yourself distressed or emotionally overwhelmed, it can be handy to consider how you could viably manage your emotions by making helpful changes to one or more of these five stages.

Now that we’re approaching the end of this course, attached (in Module Wrap-Up) is a summary guide for what you might consider the next time you find yourself in an emotionally overwhelming situation. Included is a summary of each of the five stages of emotion regulation, as well as considerations and examples at each stage to help guide you towards your goals.