Feel like your emotions take over before you even know what’s happening? Try this one small shift.
Hi, I’m Dr. Tom McDonagh from Good Therapy SF. And I’m going to show you how one small shift can make it easier to manage your emotions. Here’s the shift.
Name the emotion before you act on it. For example, when you say, I’m feeling angry, or This is sadness, you engage more of your thinking brain. This creates a pause between feeling and reacting.
So why does it work? Because naming the emotion helps you step out of the emotion and observe it instead of being consumed by it. So it’s a simple way to create space for better choices and less regret.
So try it next time when something hits hard, remember name it, pause, and then choose how to respond. Want more tools for emotional clarity? Reach out to Good Therapy SF.
