Name that Emotion
Primary or Secondary Emotion
Logical, Emotional or Wise Mind
Cognitive Distortions
Blocks to Listening
100

The feeling of happiness, joy, warmth, and security.

What is love?

100

Bill doesn’t hear back from his partner after texting her 30 minutes ago. As time goes on, he gets angrier and angrier until he calls and leaves an aggressive message on her voice mail. Bill’s behavior was acting on this emotion.

What is secondary emotion?

100

Goal Oriented

What is an example of logical mind thinking?

100

This kind of thinking deals in extremes in that someone believes that situations are either great or terrible with nothing in between.

What is Black and White thinking?

100

This blocks listening when someone is offering solutions or suggestions instead of listening to the person.

What is Advising?

200

This emotion may result from having your life, your health, or your well-being threatened.

What is fear?

200

Janet receives news that she was turned down for the job she applied for and wasn’t given any explanation. She tells her friend, “I’m disappointed that I did not get the job but I realize that I have other opportunities to apply for.”  Janet’s description of how she felt is an example of this emotion.

What is primary emotion?

200

The middle path mind. 

What is the wise mind?

200

When someone expects the worst outcome in any situation. A person finds themself thiking "what if" all the time. One thought spirals into the worst possible outcome. 

What is catastrophizing? 

200

This blocks listening when someone evaluates and has opinions about the person that is talking. 

What is Judging?

300

This emotion may be expressed by physically or verbally attacking.

What is anger?

300

These emotions likely lead to poor choices and negative consequences.

What are secondary emotions?

300

Letting go of focusing on goals and instead focus on the uniqueness of each moment.

What is an example of emotional mind thinking?

300

Interpreting the meaning of a situation with little or no evidence. Not checking the facts.

What is Jumping to Conclusions?

300

Define Mind Reading

Assuming you know what the other person feels and thinks--without asking.

400

This emotion may be expressed by avoiding activities that used to bring you pleasure, crying, or withdrawing from social contact. 

What is sadness?

400

These emotions come immediately after a triggering event.

What are primary emotions?

400

Focused on problem solving.

What is a characteristic of the logical mind?

400

The belief that things should be a certain way. "I should always be friendly."

What are "should" statements.

400

True or False: "I feel" statements would be good to use with your auto mechanic when you have a problem with the bill.

False. "I feel" statements are used with people who know us well and with whom we need to convey how interactions with them are affecting us. 

500

This emotion may be triggered by others finding out that you did something wrong.

What is shame?

500

These emotions are the ones that we want to stay with because they are the true emotion we’re feeling.

What are primary emotions?

500

Balance of doing and being minds.

What is the wise mind?

500

Making broad conclusions about one thing that happens to us and applying that conclusion to all situations. "I felt awkward during my interview. I am always so awkward."

What is overgeneralizing?

500

This is what PROS stands for. 

What is Personalized Recovery Oriented Services?

600

You may feel this emotion if another person or group gets or has things that you don't have or that you want or need.

Envy or Jealousy

600

This emotion is formed after we make assumptions and judgements about how we're feeling.

Secondary emotion.

600

This mind is found by experience and intuition. It is not found through our reasoning or our emotions.

Wise Mind

600

Assuming that the way we feel (our emotions), reflect the way things really are. "I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend."

What is Emotional Reasoning?

600

This term refers to when you stop fighting reality, stop responding with impulsive or destructive behaviors when things aren't going the way you want them to, and let go of bitterness that may be keeping you trapped in a cycle of suffering.

Radical Acceptance

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