Areas of the Brain
The emotional area of the brain.
What is the limbic system.
Emotions are neither good nor ____.
What is bad. They simply exist
You spill your grape juice all over your white shirt
What is Event
When we lose control of our emotions.
What is called "Flipping you lid"
Other than talking, how do we communicate our emotions?
What is, through our body language. Voice tone, volume, posture and gestures.
The logical, thinking area of the brain.
What is the neocortex .
Emotions never last ___.
What is forever! Your emotions will eventually change.
You scream at your friend because they are bothering you
What is Behavior
Being angry, crying, or running away means you are what?
What is being dysregulated.
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Area of the brain responsible for a Fight, Flight, or Freeze reaction.
What is the reptilian area of the brain.
You do not have to act on these.
What are strong or big emotions.
Your feeling very excited because it is almost winter break
What is emotion
A calming strategy you can do while in class.
What is taking deep breaths.
Doing something over and over in response to an emotion does this in our brain.
What is building a pathway.
Our emotions need to be regulated to allow learning to happen in this part of our brain .
What is the neocortex,
Being able to understand our emotions and develop coping skills helps our thinking brain and emotional brain to what?
What is work together.
"When will this day be over?"
What is a Thought
Give three examples of strategies you can use to cope with big emotions.
ex: deep breaths, go for a walk, listen to music.
Too much screen time decreases the brightness of these.
What is a neuron.
What can sneak up on us when we feel tired, sick, scared or hungry?
What are our emotions.
There is a difference between experiencing an emotion and ___.
What is acting upon it.
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After using coping skills to regulate from big emotions, we are in our healthy_________?
What is a baseline?
Where in our body do we get clues to how we are feeling?
What is our heart, breath, muscles, and mind.