CATEGORY 1: FEEL YOUR FEELINGS BASICS
What does it mean to feel your feelings?
Letting emotions come and go without avoiding or getting stuck in them.
What does stuffing emotions mean?
Avoiding, ignoring, or pushing emotions away.
What does sticking to emotions mean?
Getting stuck in feelings and replaying them.
What does treating emotions like guests mean?
Letting emotions come, acknowledging them, and letting them leave.
Is asking for help a healthy response to emotions?
YES
Why is it important to feel your feelings instead of avoiding them?
Because avoiding emotions makes them stronger later.
Name one way people stuff their emotions.
Pretending they’re fine, distracting nonstop, shutting down.
Name one sign someone is sticking to an emotion.
Overthinking, replaying situations, holding grudges.
When emotions are guests, should they take over the house?
NOO
Name one thing that helps calm intense emotions.
Breathing, grounding, walking.
What happens to emotions when you allow yourself to feel them?
They usually pass on their own.
What usually happens to emotions that are stuffed?
They build up and come out later.
What happens when someone sticks to their feelings too long?
The emotion lasts longer and feels stronger.
What is stuffing compared to when using the guest metaphor?
Locking the door so the guest can’t come in.
What skill helps emotions pass without acting on them?
COPING SKILLS
Feeling your feelings means noticing emotions without doing what?
Judging them or acting impulsively on them
True or False: Stuffing emotions makes them go away forever.
False
Is replaying an argument over and over an example of stuffing or sticking?
Sticking.
What is sticking compared to when using the guest metaphor?
Letting the guest take over the house.
Is crying a healthy way to feel emotions?
YES
Are emotions permanent or temporary?
Temporary.
Name an emotion people commonly try to stuff.
Anger, sadness, fear, embarrassment.
Give an example of sticking to a feeling.
Thinking about the same situation all day.
How do you politely treat emotions like guests?
Notice them, name them, and let them pass.
Why is treating emotions like guests helpful?
It prevents avoidance and emotional overload.