Emotion Regulation Strategies & Chronic Pain (Symptoms)

If you are looking for clinical support to overcome your chronic health symptoms and would like to learn how to apply a mind-body (brain-nervous system) approach to healing, reach out. I offer 1-1 clinical help as well as group coaching support. Go to my website below to learn more. https://www.thepainpt.com/ Here I go over a May 2024 study ( see abstract linked below) looking at various emotional regulation (ER) strategies and their relationship to the chronic pain experience. The maladaptive ER strategies such as rumination, worry, expressive suppression, experiential avoidance, and self-criticism were all associated with greater pain (symptom) severity, pain (symptom) interference, and more negative affect (emotion). These are ER areas we want to change and move to more adaptive ER strategies the researchers mentioned such as cognitive re-appraisal, acceptance, and problem-solving. https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/abstract/2024/05000/momentary_emotion_regulation_strategies_and_pain.1.aspx