Welcome to the new age of anxiety. Come in, get comfortable and let’s learn how to deal, together. That’s the pandemic-era message we’ve learned through a practice called distress tolerance. It’s part ...

Yes, you can show up when life gets hard.

Life is a mixed bag of good days and challenging days. At times, a situation, event, or interaction with another person leaves us in an uncomfortable or distressing emotional state.

A new feature from Real Simple explains distress tolerance, a core part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that helps people manage intense emotions without acting impulsively. Mental health ...

Recent coverage highlights mantra-based meditation and distress tolerance as emerging tools for managing depression, stress, and emotional intensity. Research links mantras to reduced depressive ...

When something stressful happens (and it inevitably will), your reaction could feel immediate and overwhelming, like a surge of panic that causes you to make choices you otherwise wouldn’t just to get ...