a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility
Anger
avoiding people, places, and things that cause an unwanted emotional response
Situational Avoidance
1. strained relationships
2. isolation
3. resentment
4. financial concerns
5. increased mental health problems
What is it called when a person keeps track of their feelings/emotions by analyzing when they happen, what caused them to happen, how often they happen and how they responded to them?
An emotional record
What emotions were depicted in the film?
(HINT: the names of the 5 character's that lived inside Riley's head)
1. Joy
2. Sadness
3. Disgust
4. Anger
5. Fear
The state of feeling disinterested in one's surroundings, having nothing to do, or feeling that life is dull.
Boredom
taking precautionary measures to ensure that one can avoid feeling certain emotions
Protective Avoidance
Name TWO examples of cognitive avoidance strategies AND list the long term consequences associated with them
1. increased mental health issues
2. decrease in healthy relationships
3. minimization of emotions/concerns
4. increase in resentment from others
What is it called when a person has reached the end of a feeling/emotion?
A finished feeling
What emotional avoidance strategy did Joy frequently use when experiencing distressing situations?
Cognitive Avoidance
Feeling responsible or regretful for a perceived offense, real or imaginary. Can be part of the grief reaction.
Guilt
avoidance of certain thoughts, memories, and images
Cognitive Avoidance
List THREE examples of substitutional avoidance AND the long term consequences associated with them
1. strained relationships
2. increase in mental health problems
3 financial/work stress
4. resentment from others
What is the difference between emotions and feelings?
example: feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and irritated (all feelings) can make one angry (emotion)
What emotion helped Bing Bong resolve his feelings of sadness when he realized Riley no longer needed him?
Sadness
a painful emotion caused by having done something wrong or improper
avoiding or minimizing psychical sensations/responses by utilizing caution when partaking in physical activities to avoid influencing particular emotions/fears to rise and cause distress
Somatic Avoidance
Name TWO examples of somatic avoidance AND list the long term consequences associated with it
1. increase in mental health issues
2. strained relationships
3. isolation
4. decline in physical health and well being
5. missing out on social events
What are primary and secondary emotions?
Secondary emotions are the more apparent feelings associated with distressing events. Primary feelings are the underlying feelings that caused us to feel the secondary emotion.
Example: Feeling angry after finding out your SO was unfaithful (secondary emotion) then realizing that you really felt hurt (primary emotion)
What emotions were in predominantly in charge of Riley, her mother AND her father?
(HINT: they are DIFFERENT)
Riley: Joy
Mother: Sadness
Father: Anger
Feeling sad and unhappy about being socially isolated
Loneliness/Lonely
replacing something or someone with something or someone else in order to suppress distressing emotions
Substitution Avoidance
Name FOUR examples of protective avoidance AND the long term consequences associated with them
1. strained relationships
2. isolation
3. increase in mental health issues
4. resentment from others
5. missing out on socialization events
6. constant state of fear/paranoia/panic
What are the THREE different timelines for how long feelings can last?
1. Persistent
2. Passing
3. Recurring
What emotional avoidance strategy did Disgust, Anger, and Fear use when Joy and Sadness left head quarters to avoid further distress?
Substitutional Avoidance