The Emotional-Self
This allows us to understand emotions, truly feel them, make the best decision for ourselves, and move on.
What is Healthy Emotional Expression?
The emotional and physical strain caused by the response to pressure from an environmental condition (the outside world).
What is Stress?
To invest one’s own conscious effort to solve personal problems in order to try to master, minimize or tolerate stress and conflict
What is... Coping Strategy?
The ability to pause during a situation that causes a certain emotion and being able to think fully before acting.
What is Mindfulness?
Emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow.
What is sadness?
Expressing our feelings freely & appropriately and managing our feelings effectively
What is Emotionally Well?
This is a positive reaction when you're overcoming a challenge.
This is the most positive way to heal from stress. (ex. exercising, meditating, journaling, listening to music, etc.)
What is... Approach Coping?
This is the ability to exercise control over your emotional state without letting it (or anything else) affect you.
What is Mastering your Emotions?
Positive and pleasant emotion, ranging from contentment to intense joy
What is Happiness?
Our emotions play a necessary role in how we think, behave, and interact with other people.
What is the Emotional Self?
This is a response to something we perceive as negative.
What is Distress?
Tommy was nervous and anxious for class today because of the test; however, the daily workout for Tommy released endorphins (chemicals in the brain that relieve pain and stress), and he was now motivated to complete his push-up test.
What is... Approach Coping? Coping Strategy?
The meeting of emotion mind and reasonable mind. It's being able to see the value in both reason and emotion and choosing the middle path.
What is the Wise Mind?
A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
What is Anger?
Treat others well
Stay peaceful and positive
Appreciate others for who they are
Are flexible to change
Control of their thoughts
Show gratitude toward others
Are in touch with personal emotions
Find meaning in life
Value experiences over material possessions
What are signs of emotionally well people?
This is a response to a specific situation.
What is... Acute Stress?
Chronic Stress: constant stress that wears on a person
This is identifying your current feelings or emotions, learning coping skills, and seeking social support as needed.
What is... Approach Coping.
This is responsible for making decisions based on:
Logical reasoning
Knowledge to guide decision-making
Planning
Conscious thoughts
Ability to make calculations
Ability to reason through various options
Express ideas through language
What is the Reasonable Mind (Thinking Brain)?
A deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons
What is Love?
They motivate us to take action, help us avoid danger and survive, help us make decisions, allow us to understand others, and help others understand us
What are the signs of properly managed emotions?
DAILY DOUBLE
Joshua was nervous for seven days straight because he was transferring to a new school in 10 days.
What is... Chronic Stress?
constant stress that wears on a person
This takes the form in partying hard, drinking, using drugs, blaming yourself, or denying the existence of a problem, which does not allow for you to recover from stress.
What is... Avoidance Coping?
This is responsible for making decisions based on:
Feelings (physical, usually “external”)
Emotions (physical, usually “internal”)
Impulses
Intuition
Instincts
What is the Emotional Mind (Feelings Brain)?
They are conscious mental reactions (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feelings usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body.
What are Emotions?