Importance of Regulating Emotions
Healthy Perspectives on Emotions
Emotion Skills
How Our Emotions Help Us
Thought, Emotion, Behavior, or Event
100

Is it easier or harder to achieve your goals when you are feeling very emotional?

What is harder. Emotion mind can be distracting and emotional tangents are not productive.

100

Emotions are neither good nor ___________.

What is bad. They simply exist.

100

Noticing emotions without judging, letting feelings come and go instead of fighting them, staying present instead of reacting on autopilot.

What is Mindfulness of Emotions

100
Other than talking how do we communicate our emotions
What is through our body language. Voice tone, volume, posture and gestures.
100
You spill your grape juice all over your brand new white shirt
What is event
200

The more intense our emotions are, what else becomes more intense?

What is behaviors or action urges. Usually these are choices that we regret.

200
Emotions do not last _________.
What is forever! Your emotions will eventually change.
200

Changing how you feel by changing what you do (doing something different).

What is Opposite Action

200
How do our emotions motivate us? (Try to provide an example)
What is they quickly tell you to act instead of having to think about things. Ex a dog is running towards you and instead of thinking about what to do you feel scared and run.
200
You scream at your friend because they forgot to pick you up from partial
What is a behavior
300

Why is the PLEASE skill so important?

Taking care of your body makes emotions easier to handle.

300

You do not have to act upon these.

What is intense emotions or urges. All you need to do is recognize the emotion and feel it.

300

Ask: “What do I actually know for sure?” and see if the emotion fits what really happened

What is Check the facts!

300
Strong emotions can trigger our bodies to release this hormone. (Hint this hormone can help mothers lift cars of children, or allow you to run fast in a dangerous situation)
What is adrenaline
300
Feeling very excited because you won tickets to see your favorite concert
What is Emotion
400

Emotional regulation skills can be used to quiet the mind, and also the _________.

What is the body

400

Emotions are not always this.

What are facts. Even though sometimes when they are powerful they can feel like the "truth".

400

Let the feeling pass without making it worse.

What is Riding the Wave

400

What are 2 of the 4 things we can do when facing a problem or intense emotion?

  1. Feel better about the problem (by using emotion regulation skills)

  2. Accept and tolerate the problem (by using radical acceptance)

  3. Stay miserable! (or don’t do anything)

  4. Problem solve 

400
"When will this day be over"
What is a thought
500

What are the functions of emotions? (At least 2 of 3)

• Emotions give us information about what’s happening

• Emotions motivate us to take action

• Emotions communicate how we feel to others

500

There is a difference between experiencing an emotion and ______________.

What is acting upon it.

500

Accumulate Positive Emotions: Do small enjoyable things daily, Build Mastery: Do something that makes you feel capable, Cope Ahead: Plan for stressful situations

What is the ABC Skill

500

When our emotions are extreme we tend to treat them as __________. Ex: I feel hurt so the other person does not care about me.

What are facts.

500
"This group is excellent!!!"
What is a thought
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