Quiz – Perspectives Lesson 7: Manage Emotions in Difficult Conversations

We tend to think that our are dictated to us by the things that happen to us.

The way we events, rather than the events themselves, determine how we .

When our elephant takes over, we often are overpowered by our emotions and either or , neither of which is productive or helpful.

The way to gain control over our is to change our .

Whenever something happens to us our brain creates an interpretation of what happened, where we tell ourselves a in order to make sense of what we’re experiencing.

We generate thoughts about an event, which can contain details we’ve in order to fit into a narrative we’ve created.

are flaws in our automatic thinking leading to thoughts that are destructive.

Cognitive distortions usually lead to thoughts that are and about ourselves and others.

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Name the three “Es” of reframing: check for ; eliminate ; consider alternative .

One of the best ways to correct your elephant’s strong emotional reactions is to your thinking.

One effective life hack to combat managing emotions in difficult situations is to .