602- Emotional Dysregulation in Adults: Managing Triggers & Co-Occurring Conditions

About this episode

This episode discusses emotional dysregulation in adults and strategies for managing triggers and co-occurring conditions.

Doug Mennin, Ph.D., introduces ideas aligned with emotion regulation therapy, a research-based approach designed to help people understand and respond to feelings of anxiety, low mood, rumination, self-criticism, and other aspects of emotional distress. Resources: Emotional Dysregulation in Adults Free Download: Emotional Regulation & Anger Management Scripts Read: Everything You Never Knew About the ADHD Brain Read: Does ADHD Emotional Dysregulation Ever Fade? Read: A fter the Shame: How to Re-Center Your Bruised Emotions Access the video and slides for podcast episode #602 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/emotional-dysregulation-adhd-triggers-co-occurring-conditions/ This episode is sponsored by the podcast Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson. Search for "Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson" in your podcast app or find links to listen at https://lnk.to/hyperfocusPS!adhdexperts . Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine ( additu.de/subscribe ) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

People in this episode

Host: ADDitude

Guest: Doug Mennin, Ph.D.

Topics covered

• emotional dysregulation
• ADHD
• emotion regulation therapy
• anxiety
• low mood
• self-criticism
• co-occurring conditions

Keywords

• emotional dysregulation
• ADHD
• emotion regulation therapy
• anxiety
• low mood
• rumination
• self-criticism
• anger management

Sponsors

Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ADDitude

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