#138 Big Emotions, Better Responses: The Truth About Distress Tolerance

About this episode

This episode discusses how to handle big emotions and improve distress tolerance.

Send us Fan Mail Heyyyy my messy warriors 💥 Let’s talk about something REAL today… because if you’ve ever snapped, shut down, overreacted, or said something and immediately thought “why did I just do that?”—this episode is for you. We’re diving into distress tolerance… aka how to actually handle big emotions without letting them run the show. Because here’s the truth 👇 👉 It’s not that you’re “too emotional” 👉 It’s that no one ever taught you what to do with those emotions And that...

Topics covered

• distress tolerance
• emotional regulation
• big emotions

Keywords

• emotions
• responses
• mental health

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