Recognizing Emotions
Angry, Mad, sad, upset, disgusted, sleepy
What is the emotion that means showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; agresssion or yelling.
Angry (or mad)
What does it mean to name your emotion
To say what an emotion you are feeling is.
What does it mean to express emotions?
To communicate how you feel to someone
What does it mean to regulate emotions?
To be able to manage and control our emotions.
Give me three ways to notice emotions in others
Body Language, Tone, Eyes, Facial expressions
Are emotions good or bad?
Why is it important to be able to name emotions?
So we have a better chance to communicate the way we are feeling to others
What are 3 ways we can express our emotions?
Crying, Yelling, Screaming, Journaling, talking, drawing, laughing, smiling.
Why is it important to be able to regulate emotions?
Allows us to feel better long term.
How can you tell someone is angry?
yelling, making fists, pacing, tone, body language.
Is it really important to be able to understand emotions and why?
Yes, because it gives us the ability to understand why people may be acting a certain way.
What emotion is being described?
- Experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
- May be shaky, sweaty, rapid heartbeat, lightheaded, or dizzy
Anxious
How might someone express that they are feeling shame?
• Hiding behavior or a characteristic from other people.
•Avoiding the person who has harmed you or someone you love.
-Avoiding the person you have harmed.
• Avoiding persons who have criticized you.
• Avoiding yourself—distracting, ignoring.
• Withdrawing; covering the face.
• Bowing your head, groveling.
what is one way to self regulate when you feel overwhelmed?
deep breathing, talk a walk, mediate, listen to music, practice copying skills.
As babies! Infants and young children recognize and react to their emotions with facial expressions or with actions like crying, laughing or cuddling.
Tell me what activity we did to share examples of different emotions?
Emotion wheel
What might you be feeling if your friends went out and did not invite you?
sad, upset, left out, angry, jealous
How might someone express that they are feeling jealous?
• Violent behavior or threats of violence toward the person threatening to take something away.
• Attempting to control the freedom of the person you are afraid of losing.
• Verbal accusations of disloyalty or unfaithfulness.
• Spying on the person.
What is an example of an unhealthy coping skill and what is an example of a healthy copying skill?
unhealthy: Harm to others, fighting, hitting, throwing things.
Healthy: deep breaths, listening to music, taking a walk, crying, balling up fist (not to hit but to contain the frustration), exercising. Can you think of any others?
Name three ways you can communicate that you recognize someone else's emotions.
Empathizing, showing support, body language.
Having emotions are 100% healthy. True or False?
True
How intense can emotions be?
It ranges! Emotions can be mild, intense and anywhere in between. It depends on the person and situation.
Why is it not good to bottle emotions?
Because when you bottle up emotions it causes confusion, pinned up anger etc.
What is a coping skill?
Bonus 100 points: Give me 6 positive coping skills
A way of dealing with stressful situations