The mother tiger learning to control our emotions and moods 
C omo discussed in a previous post the ability to regulate emotions and moods is a good protective factor against depressive disorders. The issue is not too mysterious: if you are able to understand and regulate your emotions, and if you know how to change your mood when you're a bit low, is more likely to have more positive feelings and greater enjoyment of life satisfaction. However, if ruminations and think much about your emotions, but do not know how to handle them and how to move nimbly in the complicated maze sentimental, it will more difficult to enjoy life and be more vulnerable to depressive disorders. Not everyone has the same ability to understand and regulate our moods and emotions and there are important individual differences but also gender. These differences between people have a temperamental basis, but also partly due to childhood experiences in the relationship with parents. Children express their needs through their expressions (anger, sadness, joy ...), which are interpreted by their caregivers. And depending on how these needs are met model will establish a secure or insecure attachment in the parent-child relationship. As noted by some authors is very likely that the infant attachment system evolves throughout childhood and adolescence to something more complex and far-reaching: a system for regulating emotions. But evidence suggests that emotional intelligence can be trained, and can learn skills to understand and control our world sentimental. Here are some suggestions that may serve to regulate or control the mood when it is not very positive.
focused strategies situation
1 Actions to address the problem: what is causing my bad mood and how I can change it?
2 Make plans to avoid this problem in the future
3 Talk to someone, seek advice from a friend or mentor
4 away from the situation
focused strategies mood
Make 1 something to distract me
2 Rewarding myself doing something fun or pleasant company
3 Search
4 express the emotion, let loose
5 inhibit the expression of emotion, suppressing
6 Exercise, dance or
music
7 Eat natural substances to enhance my
mood
cognitive strategies that change the way we think about the situation 1 Change the way you see the situation
2 Thinking about successes and things that go well to put things in perspective Thinking
3 people situations worse than yours to check not going so bad
4 Use meditation or relaxation
5 think that the adversity will strengthen
6 Fantasizing about a better future
7
actively forget, give up thinking on negative feelings.
