A recent neuroimaging meta-analysis analyzed what is termed “cognitive reappraisal of emotion”—that is, reframing.13 The study revealed that finding positive ways to think about a negative occurrence extinguishes negative emotions arising from the fight-or-flight center of the amygdala. For example, an alarming picture of someone bleeding can be cognitively reframed as “that’s just a movie, and they’re using ketchup.” Or negative feelings about an illness can be reframed into something more positive by focusing on how that person will get better.
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