Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life

How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control

By: Scott E. Spradlin

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Paperback | 9 February 2003

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Thereâs a wide spectrum of emotional sensitivity, and it varies from one person to another. Some people oscillate between over-control and over-expression. Others stuff or hide their emotions for months before they finally blow their stack and âstand up for them selvesâ through overly aggressive behaviors.

People diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) for example, are are often emotionally sensitive, and may have problems with emotion dysregulation, but they arenât the only ones who have trouble with managing emotionsâ"we all do. There have probably been times in each of our lives when we can remember not being in our âright mind.â

When we are regularly undone by our emotions, we become victims of damaged relationships, trapped circumstances, self-sabotage, and illness. Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life offers help to all of us who want to gain the upper hand on our feelings and our lives. Even high reactors, people disposed to experiencing strong, even overwhelming emotions on a regular basis, will find its strategies easy to use and effective at managing frequent emotional flare-ups.

This book develops proven dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques into worksheets, exercises, and assessments that show you how to pay attention to emotions when they arise, assess blocks to controlling them, and overcome them to eliminate overpowering feelings. Learn what emotional triggers exist in your environment and become less judgmental about yourself when you do experience a surge. Avoid or reduce the distress that strong emotions cause you. This workbook teaches you to reduce the impact of painful feelings and increase the effects of positive ones so that you can tolerate life's ongoing stresses and achieve a sense of calm coexistence with your emotions.

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Nature of Emotion
Emotions: The Full-System Response	p. 9
What Are Emotions For?	p. 19
Primary and Secondary Emotions	p. 23
Naming and Describing Your Emotions
Why Do My Emotions Hurt So Much?	p. 33
Mindfulness to Emotion	p. 49
Identifying Your Emotional Triggers	p. 67
Getting the Feel of It: Urges and Actions	p. 83
Emotional Fallout	p. 93
Reducing Blocks to Emotion Regulation
Challenging Your Self-Talk	p. 101
Lifestyle Changes for Emotional Resilience	p. 111
Changing Strong Emotions	p. 127
Leading an Emotionally Skillful Life
Relationship Skills	p. 141
Intimacy Skills	p. 161
Survival and Acceptance	p. 173
The Emotion Thesaurus	p. 195
References	p. 203
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Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life

How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control

At a Glance

Paperback

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

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