Education
Fear, anger, sadness, disgust, happiness/joy
Light-headed and disconnected
Sensations or feelings
You accidentally broke your friends favorite thing
Guilty, sad, remorseful
You are in control or your emotions
Fact! You got this!!
Name 3 positive coping skills and 2 negative coping skills
Positive - music, journaling, going outside, talking to a friend, exercise
Negative - substance use, isolating, running away, yelling at others, aggression
What do we call tools to help us regulate our emotions?
Coping skills
Isolating, avoiding, supressing
behavior
positive or negative?
Expressions and actions: running away, crying, shaking, freezing
Being emotional means that I am out of control
Myth!
Emotions are a natural reaction we have to people, situations, thoughts and experiences. They are a natural result of our body and our mind working to process what happened to us.
Name 1 specific breathing technique that you can use to regulate and cope (other than deep breathing)
Box breathing, belly breathing, balloon breathing
What are at least 2 other things than emotions can affect?
Thoughts, behaviors, communication, relationships
Scared, anxious
feeling
You did a great job but no one notices
Resentful, sad, angry
There are many appropriate ways to feel in a situation
True!
There is no right or wrong way to feel. We all react to different situations in different ways. Our reactions and emotions connected to situations are related to our own experiences in life.
Explain opposite action and give an example
Having a feeling (i.e. sadness) and actively engaging in something to evoke the emotion opposite of that (i.e. happiness, watching a comedy, listening to very upbeat music)
What are some of the purposes of emotions?
Help avoid danger
Make decisions
Help others understand
Allows you to understand others
I feel like I am stupid
Thought
Feeling giggly, laughing, face flushing, physically energetic
Happy, excited
Negative emotions are unhelpful
Myth!
All emotions are helpful and allowing ourselves to experience a full range of emotions supports our emotional wellness and our ability to make decisions.
Give an example of a healthy emotional boundary
Asking a parent to give you space, telling a friend that certain words/actions hurt you, saying no to plans when you are overwhelmed
Limbic system (hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala)
Chills or feeling hot
Sensations
Thoughts: Negative outlook, blaming yourself, negative self talk
Shame, Guilt
All ways of emotional expression are good and supportive
Myth!
Although there are healthy and helpful ways of expression, there are also unhealthy ways of emotional expression.
Can you name some helpful and unhelpful ways to express emotions?
TIPP (at least 2 of 4 with examples of each)
Temperature, Intense exercise, Progressive muscle relaxation, Paced breathing