Physical Responses to Emotion
This emotion's physical response increased heart rate/blood pressure, muscle tension (especially in the jaw, shoulders, and fists), flushed or red face, rapid breathing, and feeling hot or sweaty.
What is anger?
Pushing unacceptable thoughts or memories into the subconscious, such has not having recollection of a traumatic experience.
What is repression?
Addresses the problem causing the distress.
What is problem-focused coping?
This is known as the stress hormone.
What is cortisol?
This emotions physical response is increased heart rate and blood pressure, rapid breathing, muscle tension, sweating, and dilated pupils. Some individuals may also experience nausea, trembling, chills, or an intense sensation of butterflies in the stomach.
What is fear or anxiety?
Refusing to acknowledge painful realities like insisting that a serious illness diagnosis must be wrong and avoiding treatments.
What is denial?
Aims to reduce the negative emotions associated with the problem.
What is emotion-focused coping?
If cortisol (hormone) levels remain high for long periods of time, it becomes _____ _______.
Chronic stress?
This emotions physical response is increased heart rate and blood pressure, muscle tension, and changes in breathing. Some individuals may also exhibit behaviors like sighing, tapping their feet, or engaging in other repetitive movements to express this emotions.
What is frustration?
What is displacement?
What is meaning-focused coping?
List two systems in the body that chronic stress disrupts.
What is the musculoskeletal system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system,
gastrointestinal system, nervous system, or reproductive system?
This emotion's physical response to disgust often includes nausea, a gag reflex, and a decreased appetite. It may cause wrinkling the nose and a tightening or queasy sensation in the stomach, or even vomiting.
What is disgust?
Satisfying internal needs through helping others, such as a recovering addict volunteering to help others in recovery.
What is altruism?
Reducing stress by seeking emotional/instrumental support from others.
What is social-focused coping?
If you are having chest pain, numbness in your arm, and severe back pain, you should...
What is get medical attention?
This emotion's physical response is a genuine smile, increased heart rate and breathing, and the release of feel-good chemicals like dopamine and endorphins.
What is joy or happy?
Focusing on (sound) logic of the situation to distance yourself from the overwhelming emotions such as analyzing a breakup in a logical way by focusing on compatibility issues.
(hit - your using your intellect to avoid emotions)
What is intellectualization?
Having consistently uncomfortable signs of chronic stress or experiencing being triggers may be a sign you need...