Lessons 2 and 3: Understanding your Emotions
______ is how much or how little of an emotion we feel. Sometimes we feel a little bit of an emotion and sometimes we feel a lot!
What is emotional intensity?
T/F: Anger is a normal emotion and can be used as a signal that there is a problem that needs to be solved or a decision needs to be made.
What is true?
These are thoughts or patterns of thoughts that are either inaccurate or unrealistic judgements
What are thinking traps?
What is False?
Conflict can be neutral or even good! It is an inherent human experience and we can learn from them!
T/F: Good habits/activities cannot be overdone
What is False?
Moderation!
What do emotions exist on? (think of a volume slider)
What is continuum?
_______ is understanding another person's emotions enough to identify with them or even feel how they may feel
What is Empathy?
This is looking at things differently or seeing things from another perspective; using reframing, you can change the way you think and feel about things
What is reframing?
Name one healthy coping strategy for when you are stressed?
What are drawing, writing, running, walking, reading, etc.?
Choosing to avoid too much or too little of any one thing, behavior, or activity; and seeking balance in behaviors and actions
What is moderation?
What is one thought and one behavior that you may experience when you are sad?
No wrong answers!
Name one anger management skill.
What are (Notice and acknowledge that you feel angry, Ask yourself why you are angry, Use if-then statements to consider the consequences, Count up to or down from 10, Listen to another person (practice empathy!!!), Focus on your breathing, Take a walk or step away, Give yourself good advice (self-talk), Look for the humor
Blaming yourself for things that are not your fault or thinking things are about you when they are not.
Name two conflict resolution options.
What are (compromise, agreement, agree to disagree, seeking guidance from an adult, making a deal)?
These are specific objectives you want to acheive.
What are goals?
What is 70-93%?
Name two active listening techniques
What are (reflecting emotions, eye contact, open body language, nodding your head, asking open ended questions)?
Looking at things in a way that makes them seem bigger or smaller than they really are.
What is binocular vision?
Name two signs of stress (behavior, physical, emotions, thoughts)
What are (Thoughts: worrying, Anxious or racing thoughts, Thinking traps, Difficulties concentrating: Emotions: Irritability or short temper, Feeling overwhelmed, moodiness, unhappiness: Physical: Aches and pains, Rapid heartbeat, Nausea, fatigue,Sensitive to sounds and noises: Behavior: Sleeping too much or too little, Eating too much or too little, Nail biting, pacing, procrastination)?
A usual way of behaving, this is something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way.
What is a habit?
What are two physical feelings associated with the emotion of stress?
What are [aches and pains, stomach aches/upset, tense muscles, heart beats fast, shallow breathing, clenched jaw and face]?
Name two emotions that are sometimes confused as anger
What are (jealousy, fear, embarrassment, shame, sadness, disappointment, frustration, irritation, hunger, failure, rejection, and being offended/hurt feelings)?
Give one example of black and white thinking.
What is (Looking at things in only extreme or opposite ways.)?
Name the five qualifications of S.M.A.R.T. goals
What are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely?