Learn how to increase positive emotions in the short term. Part of the DBT Skills ABC PLEASE.
List of pleasurable activities to help increase positive emotions in the short term.
Gratitude is a great way to lift mood and improve the moment. Setting up a regular gratitude practice is an effective way to bring greater positivity into your life and to combat depression and low mood.
Loving kindness is a mindfulness practice that can help to increase compassion of love your yourself and others. It can protect us and also help to keep us from holding onto judgmental and ill will towards ourselves and others. When practiced regularly, loving kindness practice can improve mood...
Listen to the guided loving kindness meditation to bring more loving kindness and compassion to yourself and others. This practice is helpful for helping to generate positivity and reduce emotional suffering.
The DBT IMPROVE skills help to intentionally increase positives in a situation. This skill is part of the DBT Distress Tolerance module and can help you to effectively deal with distressing emotions by improving the moment.
The DBT Self-Soothe skills help you to nurture and soothe yourself when you are experiencing an intense emotion. These skills can also be used as important self care techniques to reduce stress.
