Mental Health and Psychology

Here’s How to Regulate Emotions in Three Steps.

Key points in our journey to emotional maturity for a healthier body and the brain

Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA
Published in
8 min readFeb 2, 2022

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The Importance of Emotions and Regulating Them

Accept it or not, we have many emotions as it is part of our biological system, and it defines humans. Our emotions bring essential messages from our inner world caused by biochemical and electrical signals.

Feeling various emotions and understanding them can be invaluable for our physical and mental health.

Thoughts might lie, but emotions don’t. Thoughts can be false, but emotions are real. They are biological and physiological, manifesting as psychological constructs.

Emotions communicate to us what is going on at a deeper level. However, emotional toxicity can be detrimental to our health.

By observing and understanding our emotions, we can regulate them. Emotional regulation can reduce our vulnerability to emotional situations, empower us in dealing with impulses, and reduce our suffering.

Chronic stress is harmful to our health and well-being. However, emotional stress is the more significant part of the iceberg in our…

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com