In moments of high emotions, like feeling stressed from work, angry at your spouse, or sad from grieving, how are you regulating your emotions? Do you bury them deep down and move on? Do you let them take control of you and guide your actions? There has to be a balance on the emotional scale, but where does the balance lie? In this solo episode, we're covering how our emotions play into eating disorders and how emotion regulation is crucial.

Tweetable Quotes

"It sucks that you have to teach yourself this stuff, but you can, and you absolutely will." - Rachelle Heinemann

"In order to get to a place where you can identify and organize your emotions and have the ability to soothe yourself and tolerate uncomfortable emotions, it has to be learned. It has to be internalized." - Rachelle Heinemann

"Eating disorders are an emotion regulation issue. It's not about food, it's about emotions." - Rachelle Heinemann

Resources

DBT Skills

Dr. Marsha Linehan: The 4 Skills Modules of DBT

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