“Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it… Continue reading Emotional splitting, Tinker Bell & good/bad emotions
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How invalidating environments intensify distress
As I covered in my recent discussion on what emotions do for us, one of the three key functions of emotions is to communicate our emotional world and needs to others. This is biologically wired into our brain for survival. Yes, sometimes we need to learn to regulate those emotions so we can still behave… Continue reading How invalidating environments intensify distress
What do emotions actually do for us?
As someone that spent the first 25 years of life simultaneously afraid of and powerless to my emotions, one thing DBT was helpful with was teaching me the real purpose of emotions, what they do for us, and why they are needed. If you have been in a lot of invalidating environments throughout your life,… Continue reading What do emotions actually do for us?




