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Fleeting Emotions

Habitual Practices to Sooth Emotions
BY: T. Franklin Murphy | September 1, 2018 (modified February 3, 2023)

Be Patient; Let the Fleeting Emotion Pass

Once our system has settled, if the problem still exists, such as a dispute with a partner, we can re-approach with our cognitive functions back on-line to find a creative solution or properly consider the problem against other priorities.

​Bessel van der Kolk explains, "Successfully working through stressful and overwhelming emotions requires a conscious combining of top-down approaches with bottom-up methods"  (2015).
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​There are many top-down practices that calm emotions. We must explore different avenues to find the best practice for us.  Albert Bandura wrote, “having a serviceable coping skill at one’s disposal undoubtedly contributes to one’s sense of personal efficacy” (1977).  We need serviceable tools to calm our system, establish safety, and open our mind to address vexing problems.
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​Life’s full of ups and downs, successes and failures, pleasure and sorrows, happy beginnings and sad endings. It’s the nature of the rich experience of living. Hold on with patience when life’s not going so well, calm your mind, and implement change. Even sadness, we can maintain hope of a better future—even though we can’t envision exactly how the future will be.
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​Resources:

Bandura, A. (1977) Self Efficacy: Towards a unifying theory of Behavior change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191-215.

Ivtzan, I. (2016) Why Is Happiness Fleeting? Psychology Today. Published 3-25-2016. Accessed 12-4-2021.
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Van Der Kolk, B. (2015). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Books; Illustrated edition.
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