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Understanding Your EMOTIONS

Understanding Your EMOTIONS. What are EMOTIONS? . ______________________ – Def: feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events Basic Emotions – ___________________ _________________ ___________________ _________________ ___________________ _________________.

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Understanding Your EMOTIONS

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  1. Understanding Your EMOTIONS

  2. What are EMOTIONS? • ______________________ – • Def: feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events • Basic Emotions – ___________________ _________________ ___________________ _________________ ___________________ _________________

  3. Understanding EMOTIONS? • You can not always choose when an emotion will well up inside of you, but YOU CAN________________________! • People with good Mental & Emotional Health seek healthy, _____________ways to express their emotions

  4. Identifying Your EMOTIONS? • Which emotions are familiar to you? • Definitions – • ______________________ = • the ability to understand and share another person’s feelings • ______________________ = • an overwhelming feeling of dread, much like fear

  5. Expressing EMOTIONS? • People express emotions in different ways • We often learn how to express them by watching people close to us • Learning how to understand emotions and expressing them in a healthy way is an ______________ part of good Mental & Emotional Health!

  6. Expressing ANXIETY & FEAR • Anxious & Fearful = ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ • Too much anxiety & fear = • Lose of sleep or PANIC • PANIC: a feeling of sudden, intense fear

  7. Expressing ANGER • Unhealthy ways - ___________________ _________________ ___________________ _________________ • When you feel angry… • Exercise __________________ • Take a deep breath and calm down • Focus on exactly what made you angry

  8. Expressing ANGER Con’t • ________________________ to communicate your true feelings • Calmly tell the other person who you feel and what actions has caused you to feel this way • Tell the person what you ____________ _________________________________

  9. Understanding your EMOTIONAL NEEDS! • ____________________- • Def: needs that affect your feelings and sense of well-being • The need to feel _________________ • Need to feel you make a difference in the world • You are making a contribution • Working toward a short/long-term goal = a sense of accomplishment

  10. Understanding your EMOTIONAL NEEDS! Con’t • The need to ________ & be loved • Need to feel that you are cared for • You are special to people [family, friends, classmates, etc.] • The need to ______________ • Know that others accept and respect you as you are • Find friends who are accepting, reliable, and trustworthy

  11. Meet EMOTIONAL NEEDS in HEALTHY WAYS!

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