An Emotional Storm Rises

News Flash

Most people don’t think a lot about being their best self. They go about their daily life doing their routines, and at the end of the day they start thinking about tomorrow. Self-reflection is not on the day’s agenda.

We can wonder why people are good with who they are, and yet are not feeling good about how they feel—or much else. They suspect there is little within their control, and that reality is causing a rising storm of emotional vulnerability and instability. The question is, what can we do to calm ourselves when it feels like the carpet’s being pulled out from under and the world we live in is being turned upside down? Read more in Psychology Today.

Slipstream

We're seeing more "emotional dysregulation" at younger ages. Teaching children how to deal with their upset, frustration, and anger when they're young is important so they don't grow up to be bullies and raging adults.

Evangel

So true. Just as important as teaching STEM.

Well Street

This raises the question—how do adults, whose emotional regulation has been compromised over the last few years, adequately regain it so they can teach it to their kids?