Understanding
Emotions
Emotions
Challenge this: "Some emotions are really stupid!"
What is: there is a purpose for our emotions, no emotion is stupid.
What skill are you practicing when you focus your attention on positive events and moments in your life WHILE they are happening?
Mindfulness, or "being mindful" of positive experiences
Why would I want to regulate my emotions anyways?
What is difficulties controlling emotions can often lead to self-harm and other self-defeating behaviors.
Doing something that makes you feel competent, in control, and good about yourself. This is something challenging that you're good at (like art, sports, music, etc.).
What does it mean to "build mastery"?
What are ways to increase positive emotions in the short term and in the long term
Do things every day that bring you joy
Work towards long-term goals
Attend to relationships
Give an example of an "Action urge" AND an "opposite action" for anger.
What is "Attack" (action urge) and "Gently Avoid" (opposite action).
Emotions:
What are they good for?
What is communicate to others and motivate our own behavior, communicate to ourselves
The PEASE skill
What is treating physical illness, balance eating, avoid mood altering drugs and alcohol, balance sleep and get exercise make up what skill?
How to practice the Letting go through mindfulness skill.
What is OBSERVE the emotion, EXPERIENCE the emotion, Remind yourself YOU ARE NOT THE EMOTION, Practice LOVING your emotion
Describe the pathway of an emotion (hint: there are 6 steps, you must name at least 3 to win this point)
1) Prompting event
2) interpretation of event (thoughts/assumptions/beliefs)
3) body responses
4) action urge
5) action
6) after effects
What does vulnerability mean?
To be open
Give an example of a long-term goal and one thing you could do in a day to work towards that goal
ie. Graduate high-school/complete an assignment
Name the primary emotions
Anger, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Interest, Joy, Guilt