Dr. Matt B: Psychologist
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Another tip for managing holiday blues and holiday stress 😓😮💨 Write down positive events that happened in the past week, even small things like sunny weather or a smile from someone ✍🏻📖
More at the link below! ✍🏻☀️😃🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
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More at the link below! ✍🏻☀️😃🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
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December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another tip for managing holiday blues and holiday stress 😓😮💨 Write down positive events that happened in the past week, even small things like sunny weather or a smile from someone ✍🏻📖
More at the link below! ✍🏻☀️😃🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
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More at the link below! ✍🏻☀️😃🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
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Holiday stress and blues: both very real! 😱😞🎄
Engage in non-holiday activities that give you enjoyment and a sense of meaning, even if you do them alone.
More at the threaded link, and stay tuned for more info and coping tips! 🤔🤲🏻🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
Engage in non-holiday activities that give you enjoyment and a sense of meaning, even if you do them alone.
More at the threaded link, and stay tuned for more info and coping tips! 🤔🤲🏻🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Holiday stress and blues: both very real! 😱😞🎄
Engage in non-holiday activities that give you enjoyment and a sense of meaning, even if you do them alone.
More at the threaded link, and stay tuned for more info and coping tips! 🤔🤲🏻🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
Engage in non-holiday activities that give you enjoyment and a sense of meaning, even if you do them alone.
More at the threaded link, and stay tuned for more info and coping tips! 🤔🤲🏻🤓
#holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB
Another gratitude strategy: expressing gratitude to others (e.g. through letters) can also boost our mood!
More at the link below 🤔💌✍🏼🙌🏼
#grateful #gratitudeletters #DrMattB
More at the link below 🤔💌✍🏼🙌🏼
#grateful #gratitudeletters #DrMattB
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Another gratitude strategy: expressing gratitude to others (e.g. through letters) can also boost our mood!
More at the link below 🤔💌✍🏼🙌🏼
#grateful #gratitudeletters #DrMattB
More at the link below 🤔💌✍🏼🙌🏼
#grateful #gratitudeletters #DrMattB
Happy Thanksgiving from Dr. Matt B to all human emoters and to all mental health professionals! 🙏🏼🦃
I am grateful for all that you do!! Have a grateful and safe day!! 🤲🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
#DrMattB #HappyThanksgiving #grateful
I am grateful for all that you do!! Have a grateful and safe day!! 🤲🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
#DrMattB #HappyThanksgiving #grateful
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Dr. Matt B to all human emoters and to all mental health professionals! 🙏🏼🦃
I am grateful for all that you do!! Have a grateful and safe day!! 🤲🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
#DrMattB #HappyThanksgiving #grateful
I am grateful for all that you do!! Have a grateful and safe day!! 🤲🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
#DrMattB #HappyThanksgiving #grateful
Did you know that research shows there's actually a specific way to do gratitude journaling that makes it most effective? 🤔
For best gratitude journal effect: journal once a week, reflecting on 5 or so things.
Link threaded below with more 📒✍🏼🙏🏼
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
For best gratitude journal effect: journal once a week, reflecting on 5 or so things.
Link threaded below with more 📒✍🏼🙏🏼
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did you know that research shows there's actually a specific way to do gratitude journaling that makes it most effective? 🤔
For best gratitude journal effect: journal once a week, reflecting on 5 or so things.
Link threaded below with more 📒✍🏼🙏🏼
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
For best gratitude journal effect: journal once a week, reflecting on 5 or so things.
Link threaded below with more 📒✍🏼🙏🏼
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
Gratitude journaling on small or large things can bring emotional and mental health benefit (it all counts, it all helps!) ✍🏻📒 📒🙏🏻
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
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#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
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November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Gratitude journaling on small or large things can bring emotional and mental health benefit (it all counts, it all helps!) ✍🏻📒 📒🙏🏻
#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
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#gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB
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Gratitude journaling is a great gratitude practice, an accessible way to get the emotional benefits of gratitude! ✍🏻📔🙏🏻
Gratitude journaling, like it sounds, involves journaling or writing down some things that you're grateful for in your life 🙏🏻📔✍🏻
Gratitude journaling, like it sounds, involves journaling or writing down some things that you're grateful for in your life 🙏🏻📔✍🏻
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Gratitude journaling is a great gratitude practice, an accessible way to get the emotional benefits of gratitude! ✍🏻📔🙏🏻
Gratitude journaling, like it sounds, involves journaling or writing down some things that you're grateful for in your life 🙏🏻📔✍🏻
Gratitude journaling, like it sounds, involves journaling or writing down some things that you're grateful for in your life 🙏🏻📔✍🏻
Thanksgiving is around the corner! 🦃🍁🍂
Many people like to practice gratitude during the holidays (and that's great!), but one can also practice gratitude *any* time of the year. Some emerging research demonstrates that gratitude has a number of mental health benefits.
Link with more 👇🏼! 🙏🏼📒✍🏼✨🤓
Many people like to practice gratitude during the holidays (and that's great!), but one can also practice gratitude *any* time of the year. Some emerging research demonstrates that gratitude has a number of mental health benefits.
Link with more 👇🏼! 🙏🏼📒✍🏼✨🤓
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thanksgiving is around the corner! 🦃🍁🍂
Many people like to practice gratitude during the holidays (and that's great!), but one can also practice gratitude *any* time of the year. Some emerging research demonstrates that gratitude has a number of mental health benefits.
Link with more 👇🏼! 🙏🏼📒✍🏼✨🤓
Many people like to practice gratitude during the holidays (and that's great!), but one can also practice gratitude *any* time of the year. Some emerging research demonstrates that gratitude has a number of mental health benefits.
Link with more 👇🏼! 🙏🏼📒✍🏼✨🤓
#FridayFeelGoods 🤲🏼🤓
"Meaningful activities can be smaller-scale things, things that you can do with your time and which you might not have planned in." ~Dr. Matt B on meaningful activities 🤓🤲🏼
#meaningfulactivities #gooddeeds #helpinghands #positivity #positiveemotions #DrMattB
"Meaningful activities can be smaller-scale things, things that you can do with your time and which you might not have planned in." ~Dr. Matt B on meaningful activities 🤓🤲🏼
#meaningfulactivities #gooddeeds #helpinghands #positivity #positiveemotions #DrMattB
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#FridayFeelGoods 🤲🏼🤓
"Meaningful activities can be smaller-scale things, things that you can do with your time and which you might not have planned in." ~Dr. Matt B on meaningful activities 🤓🤲🏼
#meaningfulactivities #gooddeeds #helpinghands #positivity #positiveemotions #DrMattB
"Meaningful activities can be smaller-scale things, things that you can do with your time and which you might not have planned in." ~Dr. Matt B on meaningful activities 🤓🤲🏼
#meaningfulactivities #gooddeeds #helpinghands #positivity #positiveemotions #DrMattB
How can I go about boosting my mood when feeling down? 🥺🤔 Meaningful activities can be spontaneous or planned, social or non-social.
Meaningful activities can be done in a scheduled sense, or more spontaneously when one may feel the need for a mood boost.
Meaningful activities can be done in a scheduled sense, or more spontaneously when one may feel the need for a mood boost.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How can I go about boosting my mood when feeling down? 🥺🤔 Meaningful activities can be spontaneous or planned, social or non-social.
Meaningful activities can be done in a scheduled sense, or more spontaneously when one may feel the need for a mood boost.
Meaningful activities can be done in a scheduled sense, or more spontaneously when one may feel the need for a mood boost.
To feel more positive when we're down, how does one choose their meaningful activities? 🤲🏼🤔
It can help to choose meaningful activities that contribute to a cause that's personally meaningful to you 🙏🏼
It can help to choose meaningful activities that contribute to a cause that's personally meaningful to you 🙏🏼
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
To feel more positive when we're down, how does one choose their meaningful activities? 🤲🏼🤔
It can help to choose meaningful activities that contribute to a cause that's personally meaningful to you 🙏🏼
It can help to choose meaningful activities that contribute to a cause that's personally meaningful to you 🙏🏼
#FridayFeelGoods🙏🏼🤲🏼
"Giving your time to something, to an organization or good cause, can bring a lot of emotional benefit." ~Dr. Matt B on spending time doing meaningful activities 🕜👏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼
#helpinghands #gooddeeds #volunteering #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB
"Giving your time to something, to an organization or good cause, can bring a lot of emotional benefit." ~Dr. Matt B on spending time doing meaningful activities 🕜👏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼
#helpinghands #gooddeeds #volunteering #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#FridayFeelGoods🙏🏼🤲🏼
"Giving your time to something, to an organization or good cause, can bring a lot of emotional benefit." ~Dr. Matt B on spending time doing meaningful activities 🕜👏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼
#helpinghands #gooddeeds #volunteering #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB
"Giving your time to something, to an organization or good cause, can bring a lot of emotional benefit." ~Dr. Matt B on spending time doing meaningful activities 🕜👏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼
#helpinghands #gooddeeds #volunteering #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB
How do meaningful activities boost our mood, specifically? 🧐👋🏼
Meaningful activities involve offering your time to a worthy cause. Donating money can bring some sense of meaning, but it can be pretty fleeting.
Meaningful activities involve offering your time to a worthy cause. Donating money can bring some sense of meaning, but it can be pretty fleeting.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How do meaningful activities boost our mood, specifically? 🧐👋🏼
Meaningful activities involve offering your time to a worthy cause. Donating money can bring some sense of meaning, but it can be pretty fleeting.
Meaningful activities involve offering your time to a worthy cause. Donating money can bring some sense of meaning, but it can be pretty fleeting.
We can feel more positive by purposefully doing meaningful activities! 🤲🏼😃
What are some examples of meaningful activities? Meaningful activities include picking up trash, volunteering at a food bank, giving blood, helping a friend or co-worker, and other forms of volunteering.
What are some examples of meaningful activities? Meaningful activities include picking up trash, volunteering at a food bank, giving blood, helping a friend or co-worker, and other forms of volunteering.
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We can feel more positive by purposefully doing meaningful activities! 🤲🏼😃
What are some examples of meaningful activities? Meaningful activities include picking up trash, volunteering at a food bank, giving blood, helping a friend or co-worker, and other forms of volunteering.
What are some examples of meaningful activities? Meaningful activities include picking up trash, volunteering at a food bank, giving blood, helping a friend or co-worker, and other forms of volunteering.
#FridayFeelGoods 🙏🏼🤲🏼
"Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our own strengths and virtues. Similar to acts of kindness, they remind us that we're actually good people." ~Dr. Matt B on benefits of doing meaningful activities
"Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our own strengths and virtues. Similar to acts of kindness, they remind us that we're actually good people." ~Dr. Matt B on benefits of doing meaningful activities
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#FridayFeelGoods 🙏🏼🤲🏼
"Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our own strengths and virtues. Similar to acts of kindness, they remind us that we're actually good people." ~Dr. Matt B on benefits of doing meaningful activities
"Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our own strengths and virtues. Similar to acts of kindness, they remind us that we're actually good people." ~Dr. Matt B on benefits of doing meaningful activities
Research shows us things we can do to feel more positive when life gets tough! Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our strengths and inner goodness! 💪🏼🤲🏼
These activities give us a sense we're contributing to the greater good and accomplishing something for others.
These activities give us a sense we're contributing to the greater good and accomplishing something for others.
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Research shows us things we can do to feel more positive when life gets tough! Doing meaningful activities reminds us of our strengths and inner goodness! 💪🏼🤲🏼
These activities give us a sense we're contributing to the greater good and accomplishing something for others.
These activities give us a sense we're contributing to the greater good and accomplishing something for others.
Things can feel really negative sometimes, but research finds ways for us to feel more positive! Meaningful activities do good in the world and boost our mood! 💪🏼🤲🏼
Meaningful activities benefit other people, society at large, or some larger purpose.
Meaningful activities benefit other people, society at large, or some larger purpose.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Things can feel really negative sometimes, but research finds ways for us to feel more positive! Meaningful activities do good in the world and boost our mood! 💪🏼🤲🏼
Meaningful activities benefit other people, society at large, or some larger purpose.
Meaningful activities benefit other people, society at large, or some larger purpose.
If we just suppress our emotions, then we never end up doing anything to help meet our needs 😐🫤🤔
People can end up feeling frustrated in situations where they're not getting their needs met. That's one way that frustration and anger can repeatedly come up when... (contd)
People can end up feeling frustrated in situations where they're not getting their needs met. That's one way that frustration and anger can repeatedly come up when... (contd)
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If we just suppress our emotions, then we never end up doing anything to help meet our needs 😐🫤🤔
People can end up feeling frustrated in situations where they're not getting their needs met. That's one way that frustration and anger can repeatedly come up when... (contd)
People can end up feeling frustrated in situations where they're not getting their needs met. That's one way that frustration and anger can repeatedly come up when... (contd)
"Some individuals will take longer than other people to recover from certain emotions: anxiety, anger, general distress. But it's not that there's this store of psychic energy that can build up and then have nowhere to go...then you have this explosion of emotion."
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Some individuals will take longer than other people to recover from certain emotions: anxiety, anger, general distress. But it's not that there's this store of psychic energy that can build up and then have nowhere to go...then you have this explosion of emotion."
...nah, this is all still cool, in my humble opinion 😎 Do you agree? Let us know below! 👇🏼🤓🙌🏼
#evidence #data #science #psychresearch #emotionsresearch #DrMattB
#evidence #data #science #psychresearch #emotionsresearch #DrMattB
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
...nah, this is all still cool, in my humble opinion 😎 Do you agree? Let us know below! 👇🏼🤓🙌🏼
#evidence #data #science #psychresearch #emotionsresearch #DrMattB
#evidence #data #science #psychresearch #emotionsresearch #DrMattB
Asserting our needs can help us not suppress how we feel! ☝🏼🗣
When we calmly and diplomatically let other people know what we need, then they may modify their behavior or provide support to help us get what we need. 🗣👏🏼🤓😎
Link threaded below!
When we calmly and diplomatically let other people know what we need, then they may modify their behavior or provide support to help us get what we need. 🗣👏🏼🤓😎
Link threaded below!
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Asserting our needs can help us not suppress how we feel! ☝🏼🗣
When we calmly and diplomatically let other people know what we need, then they may modify their behavior or provide support to help us get what we need. 🗣👏🏼🤓😎
Link threaded below!
When we calmly and diplomatically let other people know what we need, then they may modify their behavior or provide support to help us get what we need. 🗣👏🏼🤓😎
Link threaded below!
Suppressing emotions does make us miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies!🤔🫤
When we suppress our emotions, we miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies for meeting our needs and regulating our emotions ....
When we suppress our emotions, we miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies for meeting our needs and regulating our emotions ....
September 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Suppressing emotions does make us miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies!🤔🫤
When we suppress our emotions, we miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies for meeting our needs and regulating our emotions ....
When we suppress our emotions, we miss out on opportunities to use more effective strategies for meeting our needs and regulating our emotions ....
Some individuals may take longer to recover from suppressing difficult emotions, such as anxiety, anger, and general distress. But it's not that we build up a store of psychic energy that has nowhere to go after a while, and then just explodes 🍾🙅🏻♂️🤔🤓😌😎
Learn more at the link below!
Learn more at the link below!
September 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Some individuals may take longer to recover from suppressing difficult emotions, such as anxiety, anger, and general distress. But it's not that we build up a store of psychic energy that has nowhere to go after a while, and then just explodes 🍾🙅🏻♂️🤔🤓😌😎
Learn more at the link below!
Learn more at the link below!
...how 'bout you, how was your summer? 🤓😎
#mentalhealthinfo #emotionalhealth #psychresearch #actionabletools #DrMattB
#mentalhealthinfo #emotionalhealth #psychresearch #actionabletools #DrMattB
September 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
...how 'bout you, how was your summer? 🤓😎
#mentalhealthinfo #emotionalhealth #psychresearch #actionabletools #DrMattB
#mentalhealthinfo #emotionalhealth #psychresearch #actionabletools #DrMattB
There's a common idea that if one suppresses emotion, it'll bottle up and then explode later 😤 Research has found that it doesn't happen quite like that 🤔🤓😎
More at the link below!
#emotions #emotionsresearch #emotionscience #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealthinfo #DrMattB
More at the link below!
#emotions #emotionsresearch #emotionscience #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealthinfo #DrMattB
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There's a common idea that if one suppresses emotion, it'll bottle up and then explode later 😤 Research has found that it doesn't happen quite like that 🤔🤓😎
More at the link below!
#emotions #emotionsresearch #emotionscience #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealthinfo #DrMattB
More at the link below!
#emotions #emotionsresearch #emotionscience #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealthinfo #DrMattB