In general, adaptive emotional regulation strategies are things like mindfulness (meditation, journaling, body scans to assess physical symptoms of your mental state) and CBT practices like recognizing cognitive distortions (which is a whole thing, hard to summarize) and actively working to shift your perspective/reaction to things, especially to difficult and negative thoughts.
The article seems to be trying to say that mindfully processing the loss of a pet reduces the negative emotions and thoughts that come with the loss. Which…yup. Sure does.
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In general, adaptive emotional regulation strategies are things like mindfulness (meditation, journaling, body scans to assess physical symptoms of your mental state) and CBT practices like recognizing cognitive distortions (which is a whole thing, hard to summarize) and actively working to shift your perspective/reaction to things, especially to difficult and negative thoughts.
The article seems to be trying to say that mindfully processing the loss of a pet reduces the negative emotions and thoughts that come with the loss. Which…yup. Sure does.