ANGER AND IMPULSE CONTROL

In general, impulsive behavior can be defined as the tendency to act automatically or habitually with minimum effort. The impulsivity is a mindless action driven by the need to satisfy an immediate urge or need, yet without foresight and deliberation. Governing our impulse allow us to overcome or resist an urge, temptation, that may harm […]...  Read more

Emotional Regulation – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Techniques

Emotional Regulation is not just stopping action tendencies before you act in a foolish/unproductive/unbeneficial way. It is an integral part of the entire emotional mechanism to include other components of the regulation process. It includes dealing with the object that triggers the emotion (avoiding a car in our path). It includes managing biased appraisal with […]...  Read more

Anger as a Primary and a Secondary Emotion

Primary emotions are emotions that we feel first, as a first automatic reaction to a situation. For example, if we are threatened, we may feel fear or anger. When we experience lose, we may feel sadness. Primary emotions are unthinking, instinctive responses that we have. We will typically see these in animals also, which confirms […]...  Read more