"You know those days when everything seems to go wrong-when your alarm doesn't go off, you get into a fight with a friend, and then you spill coffee on your freshly washed pants? That's daily stress, and it happens to all of us. When we're stressed, we often assume the solution is simply to calm down. But science shows that we actually use a wide range of strategies to manage these stress-related unpleasant emotions."
"We use different emotion regulation strategies to help us manage difficult emotions. One approach is cognitive reappraisal, which involves changing how we interpret a stressful situation by reframing its meaning. Another common strategy is seeking social support; talking to a trusted friend or asking for advice can make challenges feel more manageable. Acceptance is also useful; it means allowing ourselves to acknowledge negative emotions without trying to change them."
Daily stress arises from small setbacks such as missed alarms, conflicts, and accidents. People commonly aim to reduce unpleasant feelings during stressful moments. Emotion regulation strategies include cognitive reappraisal, seeking social support, acceptance, and distraction. Each strategy changes appraisal, offers comfort, permits acknowledgment of feelings, or provides temporary relief. Emerging evidence indicates that cultivating positive emotions also supports coping by boosting resilience and balancing negative affect. Actively searching for small moments of joy in everyday life can function as an emotion-regulation method alongside efforts to decrease negative emotions.
Read at Psychology Today
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