Origin of Everyday Moods Managing Energy, Tension, and Stress

Name: Origin of Everyday Moods Managing Energy, Tension, and Stress
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ISBN: 9780195118056

ISBN-10: 0195118057

ISBN-13: 9780195118056

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Robert E. Thayer

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Snacks. Sex. Shopping. Whether we realize it or not, all of us have strategies for self-medicating ourselves when we feel threatened or overwhelmed by tension or tiredness. But why do people respond to pressure in such different ways? And what really helps most to reduce tension and increase energy, a brisk ten-minute walk, twenty minutes of meditation, or two hours of watching TV? In this fascinating book, now new in paperback, Robert E. Thayer serves as an expert guide through the latest scientific research into moods and mood management, revealing which behaviours energise and empower us, and which sabotage our best interests. (Just five or ten minutes of walking, for example, can…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/27/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



The Origin of Moods



Mood and Its Meanings



A Theory of Mood



Moods as Barometers of Well-Being



The Relationship Between Mood and Thoughts



Energy and Tension Changes with Pms, Drugs, Social Interaction, Weather, and Life Events



How Energy and Tension Interact



The Evolutionary Biology of Moods



The Physiology and Anatomy of Mood



The Self-Regulation of Mood



Self-Regulation: Why, How, and How Effective?



Individual Differences in Mood-Regulating Strategies



Mood Substitution: Different Ways of Achieving the Same Mood



Rational Mood Substitution: Exercise More and Indulge Less



Optimal Mood Management



Practical Psychology of Self-Regulation



Overcoming Tense-Tiredness by Increasing Energy



Reducing Tension to Overcome Tense-Tiredness



Moods at Different Times of Day



Systematic Self-Observation: The First Step in Mood Change


A Review of the Origin and Self-Regulation of Everyday Moods


Appendix: Beyond Stress Management to Calm-Energy


Notes


Index