Self-Awareness
The ability to recognize and understand yourself, your moods, emotions, and drives.
What is self-awareness?
This practice, rooted in mindfulness, is often used to improve emotional control.
What is meditation?
This is what we call happy, sad, angry, scared, etc.
What are feelings or emotions?
True or False: Small feelings don’t matter.
FALSE.
You feel this when you're with people who care about you.
What is loved or safe?
A lack of self-awareness often results in blaming this external factor.
What is other people or external circumstances?
Taking deep breaths or counting to ten are strategies for managing this emotion.
What is anger?
You feel this when you're looking forward to events such as a birthday, going to an amusement park, or even going out to your favorite restaurant.
What is excitement/ excited?
You forgot your pencil. This is usually a ___ feeling.
What is a small feeling?
You feel this when you’re working with a group, everyone is listening, and your ideas are being heard.
What is respected or included?
True or false: Self-regulation involves reacting impulsively to situations without considering the consequences.
FALSE.
Self-regulation helps prevent these rash decisions made in the heat of the moment.
What are impulsive decisions?
You feel this when your pet runs away or you lose something special.
What is sad?
Your best friend moved away. This feeling is probably ___.
What is a big feeling?
You feel this when you're waiting to hear back about something important, like trying out for a team or turning in a big project, and you believe something good might happen.
What is hopeful?
Knowing your own strengths helps build this good feeling.
What is Confidence?
Taking a break to walk, read, or draw is an example of this.
What is a coping strategy?
You feel this when your friend is praised and you’re not.
What is jealous?
You got a piece of gum stuck on the bottom of your shoe. This is usually a _ feeling.
What is a small feeling?
You feel this when you reach a goal you've been working on for a long time.
What is proud or succesful?
You often feel more like “yourself” when you are around these people.
Who are friends or trusted people?
Being able to stop and think even when you're upset is called this.
What is self-control?
This feeling can happen when you do something wrong and know it
What is guilty?
A family member passed away, this is a _ feeling.
What is big feeling?
You feel this when a friend laughs at your joke or when you have a good meal.
What is content?