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This might surprise you, but one of the best ways to manage your emotions is simply to experience that emotion and let it run its course.
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― Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
― Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
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Even when emotions seem to overtake life, such as when we are depressed or anxious or angry, it is important to remember that those emotions still give us important information. Rather than judging our emotions, practice acceptance of them and open your mind to their messages. Rejecting emotions or trying to push them away usually intensifies them. If the message is not heard, it needs to get louder. As an example, invalidation by others tends to intensify emotions, and self-invalidation has the
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― DBT Skills Training for Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings
― DBT Skills Training for Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings
