Psychology/Emotions
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Emotions
Emotion is a timing problem before it is a feeling problem
By the moment an emotion is obvious enough to name, it is already running the decision. Everything in this section is built to move the point of noticing earlier — from the peak, back to the rise, and eventually back to the conditions that made the rise likely.
The four channels
Body, attention, thought and impulse — which arrives first, and why “just notice your feelings” fails as advice.
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Naming with precision
Why “stressed” is a container rather than a name, and what precision buys you in practice.
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The intensity curve
Five points from conditions to aftermath, and what actually helps at each one.
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Regulation is not calm
Regulation does not mean feeling calm, feeling less, or feeling nothing. It means the emotion no longer chooses the action on your behalf.
A well-regulated person can be extremely angry and still not send the message. Aiming at calm makes the emotion itself the enemy — and that reliably increases it.
PMA Emotion Naming Sheet
Eight container words (“stressed”, “fine”, “bad”) unpacked into the precise names that tell you what would actually help, the four channels, and a two-week naming log. (5 pages, PDF)
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PMA Thought Capture Card
The five-step CLEAR method in short, a test for what counts as evidence, and a week-long capture card for catching the sentence underneath a reaction. (5 pages, PDF)
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