I am horrible at emotional regulation. It takes me so long to calm down after something happens that gets my emotions out of wack. This weekend was really rough and I just could not get regulated. I’m still struggling with it. What are some techniques that help y’all to regulate? What thought processes do you use or what mindsets have you adopted?
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I talk to myself like I'm a kid, and try to imagine there is an idealized parent figure comforting me. I also take hot showers.
I recently prompted chatgpt to comfort me like a proud loving parent 😅 it made me cry 🥺
No way this is such a good idea!!! Sometimes I am confused on how to “parent myself” because I don’t know what a loving parent should be like.. 😂
It's rough out there, I'm fully onboard with trying again with a robot family 🤣
HAHA my biggest fear is robots and i was like f*ckkkkk AI hell no.. & now I fully have a robot mother
Right there with ya!
Imagine Ideal Parents (Powerful Exercise) | Dr. Daniel P Brown
https://youtu.be/z2au4jtL0O4?feature=shared
Ideal Parent Figure Protocol Guided Visualization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcUlVEbAtg&ab_channel=EvanLeedIPF
I talk to myself like I'm a kid, and try to imagine there is an idealized parent figure comforting me.
I talk to myself too! although more often I'm learning to soothe myself when I make mistakes ('It's okay, you can do better' instead of the voice of my parents: 'nice going, idiot!')
This one is soooo good when I do it.
I do the same, but I imagine the person is just a super supportive friend.
I can't get myself to imagine a parent comforting me. Makes me uncomfortable.