Emergency emotional regulation techniques
When we are first learning how not to ‘freak out’ emotionally, emergency tactics can be a godsend.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was created for people with emotional dysregulation or borderline personality disorder (BPD).
It offers a scientific-based set of techniques for emotional tipping points, called ‘TIP skills’:
- Temperature of your face
- Intense aerobic exercise
- Paced Breathing and Paired muscle relaxation.
