MASTERING EMOTIONS Calmer Schools Network Mewredith McNerny
I know when I'm in the grocery store and I'm not dysregulated by any means, but I just don't wanna be there because it's cold or I don't want to deal with everything on my list.
I let myself engage in some deep breathing all the way around the grocery store. While that's not a time in which I feel dysregulated or like I'm going to lose my ability to stay calm, it is a time for me to practice because I'm doing an activity that I just really don't enjoy. Sometimes when I get really excited and I'm telling a story and I find myself getting super animated and I actually like that quality of myself,
I'll also remind myself to stay in control of my emotions, even though they're positive ones, by just breathing A little bit more. When I practice breathing at all of these different times throughout my day, regardless of my emotion at that moment, I'm able to then apply breathing techniques when a situation gets heated