Emotions
The feeling you get when you receive a gift that you really wanted.
Happiness, Excitement, Joy
This involves listing of numbers or other ordered items out loud or in your head.
Counting
This is the first step in identifying your feelings.
Notice how your body feels, notice what you are thinking.
This term refers to the ability to control one's emotions and desires, especially in difficult situations.
Self-control
The feeling you get when someone in your class keeps shouting despite the teacher asking them to stop repeatedly.
Annoyed, Frustrated, Mad
This coping skill involves taking air into through your nose, holding it for a certain amount of time, and then exhaling it through an open mouth.
Deep breathing, belly breathing
When you practice identifying your emotions, you gain more ________ over your mood.
control
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Stress
The feeling you get when you receive a gift that you did not want.
Disappointment, Sadness
This involves communicating your emotions with another individual, usually a trusted adult, family member, or friend.
Talking it Out
This is the second step in identifying your feelings.
Think of words for different emotions and decide which one best describes what you are experiencing.
This term means to cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
Trigger
The feeling you get when you accidentally hit your bare foot against the corner of a wall.
Anger, Sadness, Frustration
This involves focusing on one or more of your five senses to sharpen your focus on the world around you.
Mindfulness
When you are good at identifying your feelings when you are upset, you are more likely to make ______________. (two words)
good choices
This is the first step in managing your stress. It involves observing the state of your emotions over a period of time.
Monitoring your stress level
The feeling you get when you don't know what is going on in class, but you notice that everyone around you seems to have no trouble figuring things out.
Anxiety, Inadequate, Helplessness
This involves considering your typically negative thoughts in a way that is more constructive or positive in order to help you calm down.
Reframing
This is the third and final step in identifying your feelings.
Label your feeling by either saying it out loud or in your head.
If I know what stresses me out and how to manage that stress, then…
I can avoid or better handle stressful situations, leading to a healthier lifestyle.