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Emotion color wheel6/13/2023 It’s why the strategies for each of the Zones of Regulation works – because they help bring your body back to a calm state. One of the most effective ways of regulating emotions is by regulating your level of arousal. These are all examples of emotional regulation strategies. Things like walking away from a frustrating situation and returning to talk when you’re calm, or doing deep breathing exercises, watching a funny movie when you’re sad. There are situations where it’s expected and appropriate to be in the other zones) (Although you don’t always need to be in the green zone. It’s mostly about getting back into the green zone. What are you thinking? This includes your thought patterns, how you label the emotion, the speed of your thoughts, etc.Įmotional regulation means you can calm down and cope with your emotions in an appropriate way. This is the conscious experience during the emotional experience. However, with worry, you may get fidgety and hypervigilant but with excitement, you may be giggly and talk a lot. Behavioral:Īs mentioned, you experience a similar arousal level when you’re both worried and excited. However, the two emotions feel very different. Both emotions cause an elevated arousal level. For example, excited and worried both fall into the yellow zone. There are more specific physiological responses to each emotion. The emotions that fall into each zone have a similar effect on arousal.īlue zone is low energy, green is ideal, yellow is slightly elevated and red is extremely high arousal. What is your arousal level? In the Zones of Regulation, each zone actually represents a level of arousal. There are three components to every single emotion we experience.
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