The Science of Emotion Regulation: How Our Brains Process Emotions
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Have you ever walked into a room and felt suddenly sad or anxious and have no idea why you're feeling that way because no one’s around? Your brain can activate strong emotions without you being aware of why you feel that way. This video outlines the science behind emotion regulation.
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As a cognitive scientist, I am really glad that the academy is now focusing more on emotions. I believe that increasing research in affective neuroscience have great potential to provide tools in understanding the mind. I can't wait for the emotion series!
Until that happens we need to uncover the damage which CBT and DSM have done to people who went through trauma and got ableism instead of validation and help.
@@ranc1977 i somewhat agree especially with the dsm part, however i feel like “damage” might be a too harsh term to use. After all, we do need some kind of reference for the beginning of the treatment. Over generalizating and categorizing are indeed harmful but i personally benefited from the diagnosis and later on, from cbt. This is why i am now happy to see that cbt is now getting more focused on emotions and most importantly; feelings. I am personally witnessing this shift but it is important to note that im not a therapist, im on the research part and these arguments are coming from anecdotal experiences :)
@@basakaybasakay5000 " we do need some kind of reference for the beginning of the treatment"
That is the central problem.
DSM is turning into modern Bible - where we put our trust and faith into ideology.
DSM is not science. It is manual, it is based on statistics, not actual proof neither truth.
Statistics are prone to errors (statistical errors such as Simpson paradox), statistics can easily be interpreted in wrong way, intentionally or unintentionally.
What we now know is that there is ableism - neurotypical brain - which is nothing else but conformism and groupthink, herd mentality. Such as North Korea or Russia mentality - where anything different from the "norm" or "majority" is perceives as "disorder" and sickness and abnormality.
This is extremely damaging to people who actually seek help by psychology - I am talking about traumatized individuals.
Then DSM and CBT are doing incredible psychological damage due to process called Hyper-cognition.
This means quickly giving labels onto phenomena reported by traumatized person - which leads to misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis.
For example,
social anxiety is part of Complex Trauma - which CBT blocks and bans due to pharma mafia. CBT explains away social anxiety as laziness and weakness - and this way CBT is instructing socially anxious to develop personality disorder: since it equates emotions with self worth.
CBT is doing this same pattern for any other "disorder".
If we are not serial killers, if we have no internal hidden agenda to harm and cause pain to other people - there is no disorder.
Traumatized person needs to be listened and validated, not given drugs to shut them up, traumatized person needs to talk and to express themselves. CBT is tool of censorship and suppressing "undesirable" emotions - which leads to mental illness.
CBT is a form of narcissistic abuse - where the target is brainwashed and gaslighted for manipulation and control - in order to serve the ideology of "norms".
Instead of ableist CBT there is Humanistic therapy as functional alternative.
@@ranc1977thank you for your work!
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As someone with BPD, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have this diagnosis if I were taught about emotions at am early age. I leaned all that in therapy... At 35!!... After much suffering that could have been prevented
Women are mostly quickly labeled and stuck with sticky label of BPD - just to shut them up.
I have read that BPD can be reversed, I am not psychologist but I have read many comments about it and how stigmatized is the disorder. I have also read that many times is confused with CPTSD and for some reason, is more common diagnosed in women.
I'm much older than you and I had a crappy childhood and life. I spent a year having EMDR and I went from being in fight and flight response to a freeze response that was keeping me unable to get out of my house.
I quit therapy because the psychologist started to give me narcissistic-guru vibes and now I'm on my own researching other approaches like somatic therapy and others.
I believe I need a psychologist more eclectic or holistic. I'm feeling a little better.
Don't get stuck in the diagnosis. I was diagnosed BPD, which for me it was a trauma by itself and I don't like how many psychologist talk about it. I really believe is the box where people who don't fit in a diagnosis get stuck. Of course I am disregulated and have complex PTSD but I don't fit completely into the box. Besides, that particular psychologist seems to be way too focus in making money and have messianic traits.
Don't give up
@@Lyrielonwind Sam Vaknin says that Borderliners can be cured.
"My view it is biological, brain. Psychopaths have hope, boderline has huge hope. Narcissists are hopeless. Utterly, it is a cancer of a soul. 4th stage cancer. It's an internal death verdict. It is experience of not being."
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You learn so much though. You look back and feel proud you overcome that. You have the experience to council others now.
@@sparkle3000 IFS model helps with Borderline issues.
No Bad Parts - book.
CBT is crap.
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So by having a disturbing childhood I developed not only PTSD and Borderline Personally Disorder and acute anxiety. Today I’m doing better . Medication, diet , therapy & meditation are helping me a lot . Thanks dr Tracey your videos are very helpful 🙌
Great to hear, meditation helps me a lot.
I meet the criteria for Sensory Processing Disorder (related to my autism), which ties in with my Hyperacusis (involuntary pain/fear response to sound) and Haphephobia (involuntary pain/fear response to touch). I am always having intense, dysregulating emotional reactions to common environmental encounters and normative/baseline embodiment.
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I'm gonna have to look up the Hyperacusis. I wonder if it's related to misophonia 🤔
@@jennyferNumberone I meet the criteria for misophonia too. I’ve only formally/redundantly been diagnosed as Austistic/ADHD (by about five psychiatrists) but almost every DSM V comorbidity holds true self-diagnostically.
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Thank you so much for this video. I have destroyed every relationship in my life because of PTSD and the effects of this brain dysfunction. I am crying right now because I am happy for having this information but also sad because nobody understands me or why I couldn’t control my emotions.
I’m looking forward to this series! I’ve struggled with anhedonia and feeling emotionally blunted for years. Emotions themselves fascinate me, especially when they come out of nowhere or hit particularly strongly.
Well stay tuned @flawlix. Let's see if you can get some help with that. 👍
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One of the most informative, understandable, and important mental health videos I've seen on UA-cam. Thank you for generating this series. I look forward to seeing the next one.
I share the same sentiments, so understandable. Dr. Marks is a gem.
I finally understand what emotional disregulation is. I've been thru these episodes my whole life, being overwhelmed by my emotions like being at sea in a storm with no rudder..and no explanation why i do the things i do then regret them...just losing it till it passes. Now I understand the how and the why, maybe I can better understand myself and gain some control.
This is very similar to how many people with ADHD experience severe mood swings and depressive episodes from real or perceived rejection/hostility/dismissiveness. I would like to see a video on that (called rejection sensitivity dysphoria)
Interesting. Thank you for sharing this information.
🙏From a person who has ADHD. I am grateful for your information it is very helpful for me and totally agree 💯 with you. Thank you 😊🙏❤️
It’s all pretty much the same thing. They’re all related to each other.
@@dmt7674 Trauma 🫠
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The example of the couple at the dinner party is perfect. With it I have a greater understanding of how situations I have been, have affected me.
So glad it helped you understand more. 🙂
amazing! really looking forward to this series. I was told all my life i was "overly emotional" and just couldn't handle stress. Then once i saw the same emotional disregulation in my children i knew there was more too it. We have all since gotten our ADHD diagnosis and have put in a lot of work through CBT, mindfulness, counseling and more, but i still always feel that Emotion Regulation is our "White Whale". any tools, perspectives and knowledge we can gain is always a bonus
I can't say it enough how much I appreciate your videos doc. I can't say enough about the work you're doing. As a provider, I continually use your content for psychoeducational purposes with patients. You're amazing.
The purpose of psychology is that you become your own hero- and not that you make other people into cult leaders to be codependent on.
This makes perfect sense. I have noticed that sometimes you can even look at an image it can trigger a "feeling" within the body. That's why I am very mindful now of looking at movies that have unsettling images, or reading things that make me uncomfortable because it can affect the amygdala and the hippocampus and cause a stressful feeling or create an environment for anxiety!
Thank you so much for making this so clear! You are appreciated 🙏🏾
This is such an incredible video, I can't wait for the next part in this series! Thanks for being a great educator Dr. Marks!!
Great video! I needed to see this today: and I appreciate how you made complicated information something I can understand. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this video! This describes my overreaction to an event that would not bother most people ever. Looking forward to the next video and learning new skills that I obviously desperately need!
So, this is what’s been happening to me 🤯 I feel at the mercy of my emotions so often & can’t seem to control it. Thank you so much for this info Dr. Marks!
Thank you for your videos. They are incredibly helpful. I appreciate the work, love, and thoughtfulness that goes into them.
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Thank you for the work that you do. Your videos are an excellent complement to the care I receive from my mental health professional. My counselor tells me these things in our sessions, but I usually can't absorb all the information in that context. I often play your videos more than once so I can absorb the information. Thank you! You are a credit to your profession.
I'm starting my dissertation this year on emotion regulation. Looking forward to seeing more videos on this series! :)
This topic has come along at a good time for me. My emotions have been getting the better of me lately and I'd like to be able to handle these situations better instead of them handling me. Dr Marks has such a good way of explaining the topics of her videos that I'm really looking forward to this series.👍
I cannot articulate how much your videos are helping me. I told my therapist and psychiatrist all about you!!!!
it's a very intensive process to re-orient how you process the world through your emotions, and understanding yourself to build mental strength as your own therapist. There will always be blindspots though.
This topic has been succinctly and beautifully explained. As someone who has struggled with mental health issues in the past, and is now an aspiring mental health nurse and coach, your videos are inspiring. I am definitely going to follow the series. Thank you
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This is my first comment after watching many of your videos. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Dr Marks. In my journey I've had goals to improve managing my emotions in some contexts where I've had trouble. Especially in romantic relationships & work I've had events where I wanted to improve my emotional intelligence, I've had trouble staying on course with improvement goals. Your straightforward explanation of the brain structures really helps me understand the biology. At first this may seem immaterial to some people. But for me I see now better understanding will help me respect and have more confidence and therefore consistency in my diet, exercise and medication actions. Your summary is much better than others (for example Goleman's "Emotional Intelligence") which I considered "good" but overcomplicated. Now "I get it" cognitively which helps a ton emotionally. Keep up the awesome work! Love your channel.
Thank you so much for this video. I struggle alot with "I know better. Why does my mind fail me?!" when it comes to feeling overwhelmed. Now I know that it in fact does not fail me but is doing it's best with the information it has. I can't use what I don't know in that moment and it's no shortcoming of mine. That is an extremely valuable piece of insight. Thank you!❤
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Wow. I wish I could be your patient as I’ve been looking for a experienced and concise therapist for years. This video gives me hope in understanding the root of my perceived “weakness” in dealing with emotional regulation, but I’m hopeful that your videos will help me self-improve this new year. Thank you Dr. Tracey ❤❤❤❤
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Thank you! That was helpful, and I’m looking forward to the next segment!
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Oohhh…that explains why when I had panic attacks I always thought I was going to have a heart attack and drop dead, even though I was young (20’s) and physically healthy. I’d always end up in the ER embarrassed & ashamed because I wasn’t able to convince myself that I was NOT having a heart attack, but a panic attack instead. Thank you Dr. Tracy!
i love this so much, thank you as always dr. tracey! this video was much needed. as a person who constantly seeks answers to my why's and how's, this video and honestly your channel overall provides just that incredibly well. you are extremely educational and you provide solutions, if you could only understand how grateful i am for how you've helped me navigate. you give the right dose with your content, i don't get bored or maybe that's just me being a nerd? 😅 you deserve good things doc! all the love 💖
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Love your channel! Thank you for explaining the basics of Emotion Regulation. I'm in the process of healing my limbic system (with DNRS) which was on overdrive since childhood and made worse from multiple trauma experiences. I'm 43 now and it got so bad it caused an immune illness and I literally became allergic to everything to the point of not being able to leave my room. I suffered this way for 3 years but I'm happy to say I'm almost fully healed. My brain is more calm and I'm less emotional too. I didn't realize how bad it was until I started to get relief from the symptoms. Anyone suffering from MCS , Severe Allergies , mysterious symptoms, MCAS, Fibromyalgia, CIRS, Asthma should try DNRS because The Vegas nerve is also negatively impacted by an overactive Limbic System and this nerve is responsible for regulating so many bodily functions.
Side note. Toxic relationships must be ended in order to begin healing and stop watching the news altogether. Those are absolute must do's .
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Thank you for giving us hope. I constantly need to regulate and feel stressed out by existing with other humans easily. When I’m in that state I can’t get up or out of bed..
Recently I have realized that my brain tricks me when I’m feeling down, to think there are no solutions and life will be miserable.
I know now for some reason my brain isn’t able to access these thoughts at that time.
I work in special ed and I work with a student who gets affected by people’s facial expressions and gestures and many things can set her off and then there is no reasoning with her.. this helps me understand why she behaves that way. And makes me realize that she has no control over this…
I’m glad there is hope.
This is soooo helpful. Thank you.
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Thank you for this video. I am like many here, looking forward to this series. This information is vital to our daily lives and making sense when people over react.
Brilliant video thanks! So clear.
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Great video! PTSD is terrible to live with. Took me 40 years to learn this. Could have been a completely different person had i known earlier. Psychotherapy hepled greatly. Especially when dealing with narcissistic people.
As usual. short , informative and to the point .
This was very insightful for me. I have been finding it hard not to get at the mercy of my emotions. Now, I understand that the regions of my brain didn’t have enough information to be grounded or stay grounded.
My amygdala was prematurely activated from childhood abuse and neglect. And in the early adult years, my hippocampus had shrink from chronic stress.. with my amygdala becoming my sentient intelligence - taking charge and always on the alert mode.
The past few months had been hard for me as I rewire my brain with a more laidback lifestyle and healthier choices.
I think I know now why I’d find myself often tired. Because I had to constantly rationalize my thought patterns when my amygdala gets so activated from stressful situations.
I am going to take myself easy and be gentle. This gave me a whole sense of assurance that I may be doing something right. I was actually giving up and felt hopeless with myself for failing to regulate well.
Right now, I will continue with my 10-minute daily exercises, intermittent fasting, healthier food choices and psychotherapy. Also, I have been learning a new skill - content creation.
I am already doing what’s good for me. This was a great affirmation!!!
Wow, I'm proud of you! Keep it up
Wonderfully informative. It is so fascinating learning about how and why our brains operate the way they do. Thank you for your videos!
Totally on target. Thank you!
Thank you and congratulations for this excellent video.
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I have bpd and I'm finding this particular set of chats very relatable.
Fantastic video!! I was really focused on it and I feel like I learned something very useful, thanks for the information, looking forward to the next videos!!
thank you so much for breaking this down in a manner that is understandable and informative. This is so helpful because I have been struggling with emotional regularity, but I did not understand what it all meant. I will be watching this whole series!!
Perfectly explained. I love sharing these videos with my clients! Thank you Dr.!! ❤
Thank you Dr Marks, the information you share is invaluable! 🙏🏻
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That was great! Thank you for making your explanation so understandable.
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Thank you so much! My trauma all took place over the last two years and has all but incapacitated me at 60!! I can’t see spending what are supposed to be the best years of my life, in the state I am in…
I thoroughly appreciate the context and delivery of information in this video, it gives a scientific understanding of depression that answers questions for me and hope. I look forward to more on this series. Thank you for your contribution, it helps so many have a better understanding ! (Physicians don’t always take the time to do, and too quick to throw meds)
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