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Can You Burst a Bad Mood?

10 Questions
2 Minutes

Test your ability to instantly improve your mood.

Bad moods are inevitable on the roller coaster of life. Most often, it’s wise to terminate a bad mood before it spirals into something heavy, hard to dispel, and settles in for a while. Do you know enough to banish a bad mood the next time one hits?

1. Bad moods often occur
2. Science finds that you can disrupt a bad mood in the following manner.
3. Which of the following does not trigger a bad mood?
4. The fastest way to get a person out of a bad mood is to:
5. Letting others around you know you’re in a bad mood
6. Which of the following is not helpful when you’re in a bad mood?
7. Instant relief when feeling overwhelmed can be obtained by
8. You’re feeling down about yourself. You can reverse course by
9. To dispel feeling lonely and disconnected you can
10. A bad mood can sometimes be leveraged to do the following:
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Depressive Disorders, Psychology Today

Emotion Regulation, Psychology Today 

Kozubal, M. & Szuster A. & Wielgopolan, A. (2023). Emotional Regulation Strategies in Daily Life: The Intensity of Emotions and Regulation Choices, Frontiers in Psychology.

 

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