Emotions Are Weird. Here’s How to Handle Them.

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How to deal with emotions in a healthy way? Understand how your emotions work then get comfortable being uncomfortable. Support The Psych Show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thepsychshow Thanks to Lowen (https://twitter.com/Lowen/status/980826761645645837) for submitting this #ThePsychShowQA! Topics Discussed: * What are emotions? * Why do we have emotions? * How do emotions work? * How can I change my emotions? * How do I deal with anger, anxiety, and sadness? * When should I act on my emotions? Learn more: * Science’s Struggle to Define Emotions: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/hard-feelings-sciences-struggle-to-define-emotions/385711/ * The 'untranslatable' emotions you never knew you had: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170126-the-untranslatable-emotions-you-never-knew-you-had * You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett: https://youtu.be/0gks6ceq4eQ * How to do deep breathing: https://youtu.be/6hYflDNyhJg * This Aerobic Video Wins Everything: https://youtu.be/TIfAkOBMf5A * How Inside Out's 5 emotions work together to make more feelings: https://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8860247/inside-out-emotions-graphic * Robert Plutchik’s wheel of emotions: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plutchik-wheel.svg * How Are You Feeling Today? by Jim Borgman: https://www.amazon.com/Borgman-Feeling-Today-Print-Poster/dp/B0000VI28G * Bodily maps of emotions: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646.short * The Many Meanings/Aspects of Emotion: Definitions, Functions, Activation, and Regulation: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1754073910374661 Connect with Ali: Twitter ► http://twitter.com/alimattu Facebook ► http://www.facebook.com/thepsychshow Instagram ► http://instagram.com/alimattu Snapchat ► https://www.snapchat.com/add/alimattu Email ► [email protected] Website ► http://alimattu.com/ THE PSYCH SHOW! Making psychology fun and easy to understand. Produced, written, and edited by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice. If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions: - call 9-1-1 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers - call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: http://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/ - text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit http://chat.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx - go to your nearest hospital emergency room