Learn the general way that emotions work. Learn things that keep emotions around for a long time and behaviors that reactivate emotions.
Learn about the primary emotions and the ways that we experience emotions, associated action urges, and the gifts of those emotions. Learn about happiness, sadness, anger, fear, shame, guilt, jealousy, envy, disgust, and love.
This video describes numerous common thinking patterns that can increase negative emotion and make life more difficult to handle.