--- title: "9 Regulate Emotions Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Regulate Emotions quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Regulate Emotions sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/zicheng-hong-7031_body_our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate_811287.jpg" --- > [Our body is a small universe; to regulate emotions and feelings is a way of harmonization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zicheng-hong/our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate-emotions-and-feelings-is-a/) [Zicheng Hong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zicheng-hong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/zicheng-hong-7031_body_our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate_811287.jpg) > [People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result, gravitate toward whatever primitive means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-pinsky/people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-traumas-lack-the-ability-to/) [Drew Pinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-pinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/drew-pinsky-4091_childhood_people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-tra_2673022.png) > [Trauma survivors have a deficiency in their capacity to regulate emotions - they're too prolonged and too intense and too negative. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-pinsky/trauma-survivors-have-a-deficiency-in-their-capacity-to-regulate/) [Drew Pinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-pinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/drew-pinsky-4091_emotions_trauma-survivors-have-a-deficiency-in-th_2420730.png) > [“Just as your body has self-regulating mechanisms, like perspiring to cool you down and shivering to warm you up, you can regulate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/just-as-your-body-has-self-regulating-mechanisms-like-perspiring-to/) [Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/susan-c-young-156_attitude-quotes_just-as-your-body-has-self-regulating-me_1337475.jpg) > [“If your child is a teenage empath, you might like to try introducing them to self-inquiry. As sensitive beings, empathic teenagers struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aletheia-luna/if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-might-like-to-try-introducing/) [Aletheia Luna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aletheia-luna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/aletheia-luna-19802_children_if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-mi_2482931.jpg) > [Its not true that situations control us, we have the ability to respond in ways that will worsen or improve our situation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/its-not-true-that-situations-control-us-we-have-the-ability-to/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/senoraroy-77_inner-strength_its-not-true-that-situations-control-us_1551877.jpg) > [“For children to know and regulate their emotions, and be socially connected, they need to experience this kind of interaction many hundreds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-doidge/for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their-emotions-and-be-socially/) [Norman Doidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-doidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/norman-doidge-17677_children_for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their_1317291.jpg) > [How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-lehrer/how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answer-is-surprisingly-simple-by/) [Jonah Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-lehrer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/jonah-lehrer-9286_angry_how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answ_2795909.png) > [“There’s one thing you must remember—you can regulate your emotions. Once again, it is a skill, like any other. Calming down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-tuhovsky/there-s-one-thing-you-must-remember-you-can-regulate-your-emotions/) [Ian Tuhovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-tuhovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/ian-tuhovsky-22450_emotions_there-s-one-thing-you-must-remember-you_2806874.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/regulate-emotions/#itemlist", "name": "Regulate Emotions Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our body is a small universe; to regulate emotions and feelings is a way of harmonization.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zicheng Hong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zicheng-hong/our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate-emotions-and-feelings-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/zicheng-hong-7031_body_our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate_811287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/zicheng-hong-7031_body_our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate_811287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/zicheng-hong-7031_body_our-body-is-a-small-universe-to-regulate_811287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our body is a small universe; to regulate emotions and feelings is a way of harmonization.” — Zicheng Hong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result, gravitate toward whatever primitive means they can come up with.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Drew Pinsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-pinsky/people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-traumas-lack-the-ability-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/drew-pinsky-4091_childhood_people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-tra_2673022.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/drew-pinsky-4091_childhood_people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-tra_2673022.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/drew-pinsky-4091_childhood_people-who-have-had-severe-childhood-tra_2673022.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result…” — Drew Pinsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trauma survivors have a deficiency in their capacity to regulate emotions - they're too prolonged and too intense and too negative. As a corollary to affect regulation, self-esteem, sense of self and inter-personal functioning all goes downhill. 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One of the best ways to help your child regulate their emotions is by teaching them to ask, “Is this feeling mine?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aletheia Luna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aletheia-luna/if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-might-like-to-try-introducing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/aletheia-luna-19802_children_if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-mi_2482931.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/aletheia-luna-19802_children_if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-mi_2482931.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/aletheia-luna-19802_children_if-your-child-is-a-teenage-empath-you-mi_2482931.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If your child is a teenage empath, you might like to try introducing them to self-inquiry. 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We can chose to regulate our emotions, rather than dysregulate them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Senoraroy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/its-not-true-that-situations-control-us-we-have-the-ability-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/senoraroy-77_inner-strength_its-not-true-that-situations-control-us_1551877.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/senoraroy-77_inner-strength_its-not-true-that-situations-control-us_1551877.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/senoraroy-77_inner-strength_its-not-true-that-situations-control-us_1551877.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Its not true that situations control us, we have the ability to respond in ways that will worsen or improve…” — Senoraroy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For children to know and regulate their emotions, and be socially connected, they need to experience this kind of interaction many hundreds of times in the critical period and then to have it reinforced later in life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norman Doidge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-doidge/for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their-emotions-and-be-socially/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/norman-doidge-17677_children_for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their_1317291.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/norman-doidge-17677_children_for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their_1317291.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/norman-doidge-17677_children_for-children-to-know-and-regulate-their_1317291.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For children to know and regulate their emotions, and be socially connected, they need to experience this…” — Norman Doidge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each of us to contemplate his or her own mind, a talent psychologists call metacognition. We know when we are angry; every emotional state comes with self-awareness attached, so that an individual can try to figure out why he's feeling what he's feeling. If the particular feeling makes no sense—if the amygdala is simply responding to a loss frame, for example—then it can be discounted. The prefrontal cortex can deliberately choose to ignore the emotional brain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonah Lehrer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-lehrer/how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answer-is-surprisingly-simple-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/jonah-lehrer-9286_angry_how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answ_2795909.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/jonah-lehrer-9286_angry_how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answ_2795909.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/jonah-lehrer-9286_angry_how-do-we-regulate-our-emotions-the-answ_2795909.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. 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