Cognitive reappraisal is a strategy for everyday living in which a person deliberately aims to modify their emotional response to experience by changing their thoughts. It involves evaluating an emotionally charged situation from a different perspective than what comes automatically to mind.

The act of re-evaluating one's thoughts in response to a stressful situation is called "Cognitive Reappraisal". This takes the form of identifying how accurate or rational one's response was, or in some cases determining the true importance of a stressor or if it is even worth reacting to.