Vocabulary
A natural instinctive state of mind that comes from circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
What is an emotion
When using the hand model to explain the emotions and the mind, what represents "out of control"
Open hand/"Flipping your lid."
deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death
Grief
uninterested/not stimulated
Boredom
Nervousness, fear for the future
Anxious
Tactics or ways that one manages difficult emotions.
Coping Skills
What does the base of your hand represent
Brainstem/unconscious
sad, belief one has not many friends or no company
Lonely
tranquil and quiet
Calm
Overwhelmed or pressured
Stressed
Ones ability to control Their moods, feelings, and actions.
Emotional Regulation
What does the center represent (palm/thumb)
sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.
Regretful
Mild irritation
Annoyed
fit or fury, lose temper
Rage
A natural panic response in the body when a threat is perceived
Fight, Flight, Freeze.
What do the fingers represent
Cortex/executive functions/Reasoning
in a state of general unhappiness or despondency.
Depressed
Mildly unhappy
Gloomy/wistful
Deceived, disrespected
Betrayed
How we describe the array of feelings and their intensity; from low, depressive-moods, to neutral states, to high-anxious moods
Zone of emotional tolerance
The most effective way to "close the lid" once it is "flipped"
Use the cortex!/Executive functions/ Name the emotion, journal, examine the feeling with a friend, etc.
feeling despair about something, no way forward
Hopeless
Response to the unexpected
Surprised
Extremely embarrassed
Humiliated