The pain of a romantic breakup is a universal experience, yet its depth can feel isolating and misunderstood. While friends ...

We tend to welcome “positive” or pleasant emotions, like happiness, excitement, and love. Beginning in early childhood, we learn that these are good emotions and we accept them without question.

Neuroscientists found that brains display distinct neural activity when experiencing emotions such as bitter-sweetness. The advance could help solve a longstanding scientific debate: whether ...

Recognizing the emergence of emotion, I invited her to slow down and notice the physical experience of her sadness with compassion towards it. She stopped speaking and focused inward.

She describes emotion regulation as the ability to control or influence which emotions you have, when you have them, and how you experience and express them. A tall order.

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PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition caused by experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening traumatic event. It’s often characterized by severe emotional dysregulation.