From: NPR
No, You Don’t Always Have to Confront Your Feelings Right Away
February 10, 2025
Let’s say you’ve gone through a breakup. You’re heartbroken, confused and angry. What do you do with all those feelings?
That’s up to you. You have the power to “turn the intensity up or down on an emotional response” in a way that’s useful to you, says psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross, author of a new book published this week, Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You.
The ability to regulate your feelings is important. “Emotions are valuable in helping us navigate the world,” Kross says. “They become less useful when they’re experienced too intensely or not intensely enough.”
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