Handout 11: Figuring Out Opposite Actions.
Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind
••Emotion Regulation Handout 14: Overview: Reducing Vulnerability to Emo -
tion Mind—Building a Live Worth Living. Emotional distress and anguish can 
be reduced by decreasing factors that make you vulnerable to negative emotions 
and moods. This handout is an overview of the skills in this section, which can be remembered with the term ABC PLEASE: A ccumulate positive emotions; B uild 
mastery; Cope ahead of time with emotional situations; and take care of your mind 
by taking care of your body (the PLEASE skills). Emotion Regulation Worksheet 9: Steps for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind is a summary worksheet for all the ABC PLEASE skills and can be used for practicing any or all of the skills.
••Emotion Regulation Handout 15: Accumulating Positive Emotions: Short 
Term and Emotion Regulation Handout 16: Pleasant Events List. Handout 15 is 
an overview of building positive experiences now by increasing pleasant events and 
experiences. Handout 16 is a list of pleasant events. Which events on this list would 
you find pleasant? Do as many of these things as you can that would make you happy or joyful, even if they seem only a little effective for this at first. Emotion Regulation Worksheet 10: Pleasant Events Diary is designed to be filled out daily. 
Write out your plans for the week, and then write down what you actually did. Rate 
how mindful you were to the event (i.e., how focused and in the moment you were, how much you participated). Finally, how unmindful were you of worries, and how