Now, reflect on your emotional reaction to the situation. Please follow the stages outlined below to guide your reflection and generate a detailed, comprehensive response.

We now move to Stage 4:
**Stage 4: Emotional Regulation Strategies**
Now reflect on how you managed your emotional state in this situation.
What emotional regulation strategies did you try? (e.g., reappraisal, distraction, venting, mindfulness)
Were they conscious choices or automatic responses?
Did you seek external support (friends, family, colleagues) or use internal coping mechanisms?

Make sure the length of this stage exceed 3000 tokens. 
Begin your response with: "**Stage 4: Emotional Regulation Strategies**"