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How one word for your feeling calms the amygdala.

Lieberman and colleagues showed in a 2007 brain-imaging study: people who see a fearful face and label it with the word “afraid” show less amygdala activity and more prefrontal activity than people who merely look. “Affect labeling” – naming feelings precisely – turns part of the arousal down without you suppressing the emotion.

Useful: Instead of “I feel bad”: “I’m disappointed and a little ashamed” – as specific as possible.

Source: doi.org

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