Yes, you can show up when life gets hard. In high-stress moments, the goal of distress tolerance is to lower intensity enough to avoid impulsive, harmful decisions. Techniques like TIPP, STOP, and ...
Distress tolerance refers to the ability to withstand negative emotions. Low distress tolerance occurs when someone displays symptoms such as anxiety and depression. Sometimes, people with low ...
Distress tolerance refers to an individual’s capacity to endure and manage negative emotional states without resorting to maladaptive coping strategies. It constitutes a foundational component of ...
I recently read a Substack article by Jud Brewer, MD, Ph.D., author of Unwinding Anxiety and The Craving Mind, about distress tolerance and the value of teaching it to our kids. One of its more ...