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Emotional regulation
Stopping rumination, quieting overthinking, naming what you feel.
N.º 03 · PILLAR naming
THE PILLAR OF THIS SERIES
Affect labeling: the science of naming what you feel
Thirty people named emotions from inside a brain scanner, and the brain's alarm quieted. What Lieberman (2007) found, what it means, and what it doesn't.
N.º 48 Criticism sticks more, so write the praise down → N.º 37 Am I burned out or just tired → N.º 38 You can feel lonely even with friends around → N.º 39 Grief comes in waves, not stages → N.º 41 Dread is the real name for the Sunday scaries → N.º 42 Why is it so hard to make friends as an adult → N.º 33 Impostor syndrome: what the 1978 paper actually said → N.º 34 Lonely in a relationship: what the quiet dinner tells you → N.º 36 Where the advice on how to forgive actually came from → N.º 32 You can't be behind until you pick a destination → N.º 31 Feeling lost in your 30s: you may be stuck, not lost → N.º 30 Everyone moved on but I'm still grieving → N.º 24 The to-do list cut nine minutes off falling asleep → N.º 26 Why you keep replaying conversations in your head → N.º 28 “What have I done with my life” cannot be answered → N.º 29 Why haven't I cried since my dad died → N.º 08 Grieving your home country when you chose to leave → N.º 09 Homesickness as an adult: naming what you actually miss → N.º 15 You don't stop thinking about your ex by deciding to → N.º 21 Empty is the word you use when the word won't come →
COMING SOON
IN PROGRESS How to stop ruminating: why going in circles isn't thinking
IN PROGRESS Naming the emotion does something: affect labeling
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