Feelings 101
This is the first step in benefitting from your feelings
What is recognizing your feelings?
Shame often looks like this when not expressed.
What is self-righteousness or blaming?
People may use these substances to repress feelings.
What are drugs and alcohol?
Taking this is necessary to improve communication.
What is risk?
When we don’t recognize our feelings, we often react instead of doing this.
What is respond?
Feelings are neither this nor that.
What is good or bad?
Fear may appear as this outward behavior.
What is aggressiveness or anger?
This therapist described the family cycle in addiction.
Who is Sharon Wegscheider?
“I feel…” statements help with this step.
What is expressing feelings?
Acting self-righteous or blaming may actually be covering this feeling.
What is shame?
This happens to feelings when we deny them.
What is they do not go away?
Low self-worth may present as this defense.
What is grandiosity or criticism?
Defenses often disguise this.
What are real feelings?
Mindfulness helps us do this with our emotions.
What is recognize and accept them?
When fear is unexpressed and shows up as anger, this skill can interrupt the cycle.
What is emotional awareness (or naming the feeling)?
When repressed, feelings can negatively impact this.
What is health?
Loneliness may look like this toward others.
What is rejecting behavior?
Addiction most profoundly affects this area of life.
What is sharing feelings / communication?
Healthy communication leads to stronger __________.
What are relationships?
This communication tool helps break defensiveness and reduce escalation.
What are “I” statements?
Name the three things' humans must do to benefit from feelings.
What are recognize, accept, and express?
When we act out unrecognized hurt, others often feel this.
What is fear or hurt?
When we misread others, it’s often because we lack these.
What are useful emotional skills?
Recovery includes recognizing, accepting, and ________ feelings.
What is sharing?
Breaking the cycle requires recognizing, accepting, expressing — and practicing this recovery principle daily.
What is accountability (or intentional communication / honesty)?