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Intolerance of Uncertainty and Managing Emotions

Ethan
over 3 years ago

HI all,

I've come across the concept of Intolerance of Uncertainty - something my psychologist mentioned and after a recent blip I've started investigating it. Most of the material I've come across is academic papers (taking a wee bit of time to absorb) but I was wondering if anyone else had come across the idea and what they made of it?

On a semi-related topic the Coursera platform is running a course by the Yale Centre of Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress. It's free (although you can pay £36 for a certificate if you want one). Link > https://www.coursera.org/learn/managing-emotions-uncertainty-stress

It's intended for school staff (and neurotypicals) but looking at the syllabus I'm fairly sure there's ideas that might give me another perspective and increase emotional awareness. I'm going to explore it - but I thought I'd share in case anyone else is interested. 

The course leader Marc Brackett has a website @ https://www.marcbrackett.com/ (apologies for the big book ad slap bang in the middle of the homepage Rolling eyes- I'm not on commission, It's the video I'm pointing to)

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  • over 3 years ago

    Awareness is a great solution to emotions. Anything you're aware of you're in control of, anything you're not aware of has control over you.

    "Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality.
    Alter your thoughts, alter your reality."
    William James

    Unlearn what you have learnt.
    When we first came into this world we were fearless, full of inspiration and joy. We were always taking risks, but in time we learnt to fear taking risks. Reality changes moment by moment, reality is no longer what it was ten seconds ago.

    Feelings are conscious choices, in the past you may of been threatened, but that's no longer reality. You find yourself in a situation related and think the present situation will have the same outcome making you feel threatened even if you're not.
    So the truth is people fear their perceptions, not actual reality.

    Thinking about the future, trying to avoid the bad and accept what's good has the outcome of a duelistic perception. Then that duelistic perception becomes your reality whenever you leave the moment.

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  • over 3 years ago

    Awareness is a great solution to emotions. Anything you're aware of you're in control of, anything you're not aware of has control over you.

    "Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality.
    Alter your thoughts, alter your reality."
    William James

    Unlearn what you have learnt.
    When we first came into this world we were fearless, full of inspiration and joy. We were always taking risks, but in time we learnt to fear taking risks. Reality changes moment by moment, reality is no longer what it was ten seconds ago.

    Feelings are conscious choices, in the past you may of been threatened, but that's no longer reality. You find yourself in a situation related and think the present situation will have the same outcome making you feel threatened even if you're not.
    So the truth is people fear their perceptions, not actual reality.

    Thinking about the future, trying to avoid the bad and accept what's good has the outcome of a duelistic perception. Then that duelistic perception becomes your reality whenever you leave the moment.

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