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# Myths about Emotions **Date:** 08-Oct-24 (Project due: 15-Oct-24) **Topic:** Environmental, social, and upbringing factors related to emotional dysregulation. **Description of the Emotional Dysregulation process:** 1. **Diminished capacity to suppress negative emotions immediately:** Difficul...

# Myths about Emotions **Date:** 08-Oct-24 (Project due: 15-Oct-24) **Topic:** Environmental, social, and upbringing factors related to emotional dysregulation. **Description of the Emotional Dysregulation process:** 1. **Diminished capacity to suppress negative emotions immediately:** Difficulty suppressing negative emotions quickly. 2. **Difficulty in experiencing and distinguishing a wide range of emotions:** Problems experiencing and identifying a wide range of emotions. 3. **Limited capacity to monitor, evaluate, and modify intense emotions:** Trouble controlling or adjusting intense emotions. 4. **Limited clarity, acceptance, and understanding of one's own emotional states:** Lack of clarity, acceptance, and understanding of personal emotions. 5. **Difficulty differentiating specific emotional experiences:** Challenges in distinguishing different types of emotions. **Anchoring of Emotions:** * Automatic emotional response to sensory input: A specific sensory signal can automatically trigger a certain emotional response. (Calbet, 2019). * Associations between stimuli and emotions: The brain naturally forms associations between different stimuli (music, smells, environments, people, etc.). * Formation of emotional anchors: This process of forming emotional anchors occurs largely unconsciously.