Positive Experiences
What is one way you can build positive experiences?
Doing activities that help you feel happy, being mindful, helping others, doing something fun,
Emotions are neither good nor ___________.
Answer: Bad.
They just are.
Name three primary emotions
Primary Emotions: anger, sadness, joy, fear, disgust, guilt/shame, interest or surprise
Other than talking how do we communicate our emotions
Nonverbal communication! Through our body language. Voice tone, volume, posture and gestures.
You spill your grape juice all over your brand new white shirt
Event
Name two letters of the LAUGH skill.
Let Go of Worries
Apply Yourself
Use Cope Ahead Skill
Set Goals
Have Fun
Emotions do not last _________.
Answer: forever! Your emotions will eventually change.
What primary emotion is associated with sadness
What is sorrow
How do our emotions motivate us? (Try to provide an example)
They quickly tell you to act instead of having to think about things. Ex a dog is running towards you and instead of thinking about what to do you feel scared and run.
You scream at your friend because they forgot to pick you up from partial
Behavior
What is using the thinking mind and the emotional together called?
Wise Mind :)
Is it healthy to bottle up or ignore your feelings?
No! That is called feeling "stuffing"
A secondary emotion is
A reaction to an emotional reaction
Strong emotions can trigger our bodies to release this hormone. (Hint this hormone can help mothers lift cars of children, or allow you to run fast in a dangerous situation)
Adrenaline
Feeling very excited because you won tickets to see your favorite concert
Feeling
When we want an emotion to go away or become less uncomfortable, we can use the ________ ________ skill.
Opposite Action
What does it mean when a person has their emotions "stick"?
Sticking our emotions means holding on to emotions and trying to keep them around. People who are emotional stickers will replay a stressful situation and experience difficult emotions over and over!
Give an example of a secondary emotion
Example" Feeling angry because you are ashamed and someone hurt your feelings. Or feeling guilty about feeling happy when you think that you shouldn't feel guilty.
When an emotion gives us a signal or an alarm this is called _________.
What is validation. Think about the gut instincts that we have.
"When will this day be over"
Thought
Two part question. Give an example of a negative action a person may want to take when they feel angry, and what the opposite action would be.
Example:
hitting- hugging
being disrespectful- being kind
fighting- walking away/being calm
There is a difference between feeling an emotion and _____________ on an emotion.
Acting
How can we recognize our primary emotions?
(Hint: What are some steps that help us be mindful?
Focus on how the emotion feels, Observe and Describe, Focus on the Facts,
When our emotions are extreme we mistakenly might treat them as __________. Ex: I feel hurt so it must be true that the other person does not care about me.
Facts.
"This group is excellent!!!"
Thought