TED-Ed: How to manage your emotions | TED-Ed

The video explores emotional regulation, focusing on the process model, which includes four steps: entering a situation, drawing attention, evaluating the situation, and forming an emotional response. It discusses strategies to regulate emotions at each step, such as avoiding situations, shifting attention, and reappraising thoughts. The video also highlights the challenges of emotional regulation and suggests sustainable strategies like deep breathing and talking to a support system. It emphasizes that emotions are neither inherently good nor bad, and finding a balance is key. The video concludes that constantly striving for happiness can lead to negative emotions.

What are the four steps in the process model of emotional regulation?

How can one modify a situation to regulate emotions when encountering an ex at a party?

What are some sustainable strategies for tempering emotional responses?

Why is it important to recognize that no emotion is inherently good or bad?

What are the potential negative effects of fixating on happiness?