Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of Reframing to Change Their Perspective, Think Differently, and Reduce Anxiety
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Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of Reframing to Change Their Perspective, Think Differently, and Reduce Anxiety
- Cognitive reframing helps you see situations from a different angle by changing negative thoughts to more positive ones.
- You can practice cognitive reframing on your own by paying attention to your thoughts and questioning them.
- Using this technique can improve your mental health and make you more resilient to stress.
Amy Morin • How Cognitive Reframing Works
Cognitive reappraisal is a way of reinterpreting a situation in order to change its emotional impact. It’s one of the most effective strategies for managing emotions. Instead of trying to suppress how you feel, you change the story behind the feeling.
Cognitive Reappraisal: The Art of Seeing Things Differently
Gently shifting your own perspective in a journal this way could lead to you being able to do it on the spur of the moment, as stressful events unfold. One interesting finding of the above study is that people who practiced this technique scored higher on a measure of emotional resiliency, i.e., they were more likely to believe that they were
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