Model for Describing Emotions
Opposites Attract
Functions of Emotions
Emotion Regulation Skills
Cognitive Distortions
100

This experience of our emotion involves changes in our brain and internal bodily experiences

What are BIOLOGICAL CHANGES

100
Acting opposite to this emotion requires doing what we are afraid of over and over again.

What is OPPOSITE ACTION TO FEAR

100
This emotion organizes our responses to losses of someone or something important, and to goals lost or not attained. It focuses on what is valued and the pursuit of goals, as well as on communicating to others that we need help. 

What is SADNESS

100

This skill involves weighing the pros and cons for 1-2 potential solutions. 

What is PROBLEM SOLVING

100

This faulty belief involves seeing things in extremes - good or bad, right or wrong. 

What is BLACK AND WHITE THINKING
200

This component of our emotions involves how we publicly communicate our feelings through our face, body language, words and actions.

What is our EXPRESSIONS

200

Acting opposite to this emotion involves getting active, avoid avoiding, and increasing pleasant events. 

What OPPOSITE ACTION to SADNESS

200

This emotion organizes our responses to threats to our life, health, or well-being. It focuses us on escape from danger. 

What is FEAR

200

This skill involves increasing pleasurable experiences in the present moment by doing one thing now.

What is ACCUMULATING POSITIVE EMOTIONS: SHORT TERM

200

This faulty belief is when we make irrational assumptions about the future or what other people are thinking. 

What is JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS (Mind reading and Prediction)

300

This component of our emotions involves bodily messages or urges to respond. 

What is ACTIONS (or behaviors)

300

Acting opposite to this emotion involves moving closer to what you are repulsed by and being kind to those you feel contempt for. 

What is OPPOSITE ACTION to DISGUST

300

This emotion organizes responses to others who threaten to take away relationships or things very important to us. It focuses us on protecting what we have. 

What is JEALOUSY

300

This skills helps us reduce vulnerabilities to emotion mind by taking care of our body

What are PLEASE skills

300

Thinking, "I feel overwhelmed and hopeless, therefore the situation must be impossible to change or improve.”

What is EMOTIONAL REASONING

400

These conditions or events make us more sensitive to and reactive to our emotions and can occur shortly before a prompting event or in the distant past. 

What is PREEXISTING VULNERABILITY FACTORS

400

Acting opposite to this emotion involves avoiding rather than attacking, taking a time out, and being kind. 

What is OPPOSITE ACTION to ANGER

400

This emotion organizes responses related to specific actions that have led to violation of values. It focuses us on actions and behaviors that are likely to repair the violation. 

What is GUILT

400
This skill involves creating a plan to help us anticipate stress ahead of time and identifying ways of managing stress skillfully. 

What is COPE AHEAD

400

Thinking, "It's my fault that she isn't working harder to help herself."

What is PERSONALIZATION

500

This step in the model is required in order to prompt an emotion. 

What is ATTENTION/AWARENESS

500

Acting opposite to this emotion involves counting your blessings and inhibiting urges to destroy things. 

What is OPPOSITE ACTION to ENVY

500

This emotion organizes responses related to personal characteristics or our own behaviors that are dishonoring or sanctioned by our own community. It focuses us on hiding transgressions and, if these are already public, engaging in appeasement-related behaviors.

What is SHAME

500

This skill involves selecting a medium level goal we want to achieve in order to provide a sense of accomplishment.

What is BUILDING MASTERY
500

Thinking, "I should feel better by now. I've been in treatment for 2 months! I'll NEVER feel happy again." (2 CD)

What is SHOULDING AND OVERGENERALIZATION

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