Which is closest to your sea most of the time?
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Emotional regulation
Reflect on how you notice and respond to feelings.
30 questions · About 8 minutes
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WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER
A closer look at your patterns.
- Reflect on how you notice and respond to feelings.
- Explore suppression, rumination, reappraisal and support-seeking.
- Identify a small response to practise when emotions become difficult.
Your full reading explores strengths, areas that may take more effort, and practical directions to try. How these fit your life is something to reflect on, not a verdict about you.
Areas you will explore
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A different way to reflect.
This test is set at sea. Calm water, a wave, a storm, the clean up afterwards and a harbour. The sea is a metaphor: the weather stands for feelings and the ship for what you do with them.
Answer at your own pace. You can return to earlier questions before saving your reading.
A few questions to sit with
Examples from this test. Your answers are not collected here.
My emotions
Which weather is closest to your day yesterday?
THE IDEAS BEHIND IT
Informed by research. Made for reflection.
Process model of emotion regulation (Gross), DERS dimensions.
These are original questions informed by these models, not the original validated questionnaires. The reading does not provide a clinical assessment or population percentile.
This test asks about difficult feelings. You can stop at any time. It is a tool for self-reflection, not a diagnosis.
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How long does it take?
There are 30 questions. Allow about 8 minutes; your pace may vary. There is no question timer.
Are there right answers?
There are no right or wrong answers. Choose what best reflects your experience, rather than what seems desirable.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. This is a self-reflection tool. It does not replace professional advice, assessment or treatment.
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