Putting a feeling into words calms the brain. Naming an emotion lowered activity in the amygdala and raised it in regions tied to self-control.
Matthew D. Lieberman and colleagues, 2007 · neuroscientists studying affect labeling
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Putting a feeling into words calms the brain. Naming an emotion lowered activity in the amygdala and raised it in regions tied to self-control.