Emotional ID
This feeling makes you smile, and your body feels light
Happiness
Your stomach feels fluttery, like butterflies. What emotion might this be?
Anxiety or Excitement
This calming strategy uses breathing in slowly and out slowly.
Deep breathing
When you tell someone honestly how you feel.
Sharing feelings
If someone is yawning, what is their body telling them?
This emotion shows up when things feel hard and you want to give up.
Frustration, hopelessness
Your heart beats fast and you can’t sit still. Name the emotion.
Anxiety
True or False: All coping skills are positive coping skills.
False: Some coping skills can be harmful to our well-being (e.g: engaging in substance use, self-harm)
Saying “I feel ___ when ___” is an example of what?
Using an I-statement
A mindfulness practice where you slowly focus your attention on different parts of your body where the goal is to observe physical sensations
Body Scan
What emotion mixes worry + excitement at the same time?
Nervousness / Anxious excitement
Your shoulders tense and your jaw tightens. What emotion might show up?
Stress/anxiety or anger
Name five positive coping skills.
Feelings coming out through art, music, or movement is called what?
Creative expression
If someone feels warmth throughout the torso, an urge to smile, jump, or dance, and active energy across nearly the entire body, what emotion are they feeling?
Happiness
Name the feeling you get when you miss someone or something.
Sadness
Your body feels heavy and slow. What emotion could that be?
Sadness
Moving your body to feel better—like walking or stretching—is called what?
Exercise
Making a face that shows how you feel is called what?
Facial expression
If someone is having trouble breathing, stomach aches or are shaking and/or have muscle tension, what is their body telling them?
They are anxious/overwhelmed/stressed
This emotion happens when something feels unfair, or someone breaks a rule
Anger
Your fists clench and your face gets hot. What emotion might you be feeling?
Anger
How do coping skills help us regulate our emotions?
Coping skills help regulate our nervous system! When out nervous system is regulated, our thinking brain is able to respond instead of our emotional brain.
When tears come out because you feel sad or overwhelmed.
Crying
If someone is sweating, what is this body signal telling them?
They are overheated/hot or nervous