| We are starting to explore important
emotion regulation strategies. Chapter 6 in the text provides an
introduction into a number of strategies and describes the effectiveness
of them. For this exercise I want you to choose an area of your
life where you currently feel that you are not coping effectively with
your emotions. It can be interpersonal/ academic/ athletic.
You choose the area --- but be certain that you choose an area that
holds some challenges that are CURRENTLY active in your life. A
place where your emotions get the best of you ... so to speak.
Set a goal for working on this area in your life by
experimenting with one of the following regulation strategies:
 | 20 minutes of relaxation for 2 days |
| positive reappraisal written down for 2 days (pg.
146) |
| 20 minutes of writing about the area for 2 days -
integrating the words because/ realize/ understand/ know
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You will need to provide a write up describing the
regulation strategy you chose, what attracted you to that strategy, what
you did, and how well you feel it helped you in this area of your life.
You will necessarily need to write some about the specific challenge so
choose a topic that you feel some comfort exploring in the context of
this assignment.
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