Stages of Processing Emotions
In which stage would you possibly try and reframe your thinking in more helpful ways?
Stage Four – addressing the emotions.
refers to our ability to be aware of, regulate, and express our emotions and to understand, and respond skillfully, to the emotions of others.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
True or False: Regulating emotions, especially big, difficult emotions, takes care and practice
True
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
In which stage would you ask yourself a question like "what feelings/sensations do I have?"
Stage one: Identification and awareness of emotion
when during or after an emotion experience, a person tries to hide or inhibit the facial expressions that match their emotional experience
True or False: Expressive Suppression is the healthier method of the two mentioned today
False, Emotional Reappraisal
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The truth
In which stage would you ask yourself a question like "Are there any needs that are going unmet?"
Stage three – processing in order to act on the emotion appropriately
Ability to manage your emotional responses
emotional regulation
True or False: Suppressed emotions gets held in the body and create a host of downstream effects, including anxiety, depression, stress-related illness, all the way to substance abuse and suicide
True
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
In which stage would you ask yourself a question like "Is this feeling intolerable?"
Stage Two – ability to stay with and accept the feelings
when a person takes the time to feel their feelings, and then recognizes the negative pattern their thoughts have fallen into, and works to change that pattern to one that is more effective and healthy
cognitive reappraisal
True or False: If you act out with a strong emotion like anger, you will most likely create undesirable consequences in your relationships
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber