Emotional Regulation

Cognitive Labels: Your Secret Tags to Mastering Thoughts and Emotions

Essa Khan / March 30, 2025

What Are Cognitive Labels? Definition: Cognitive labels are mental shortcuts your mind uses to categorize experiences, emotions, and information. These labels act like a mental filing system, helping you process the world efficiently. Key Functions: Simplify Decision-Making: By tagging experiences as “safe” or “risky,” you avoid overanalyzing every detail. Shape Perception: Labels filter reality. For […]

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What is Cognitive Labelling?

Essa Khan / March 29, 2025

Why does my mind instantly label every situation? Well, that is just how it works! Whether stuck in traffic or running late for work, your mind immediately tags it as a “disaster.” What Is Cognitive Labelling? ‘Cognitive Labelling’ comes from Richard Lazarus’s stress theory—your mind labels situations as “threats” or “challenges” to decide how to react.

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Self-Administered EMDR at Home

Essa Khan / January 11, 2025

Ever had a memory so INTENSE that left you feeling emotionally drained? Well, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers a pathway to relief. You can even apply some practices of EMDR at home, which are given below: Brief History of EMDR In the late 1980s, Francine Shapiro noticed her troubling thoughts faded as her

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Neustress: Guide and Coping Mechanisms

Essa Khan / November 8, 2023

What is Neustress? The term “Neustress” describes a kind of stress that is neither detrimental nor low intensity. It is that neutral or mild level of stress that does not significantly affects our mood, arising from everyday situations. Our bodies are so used to dealing with stress that an itsy bitsy amount of neustress does

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