Understanding Understanding Your Your

EMOTIONSEMOTIONS

What are EMOTIONS?What are EMOTIONS?

EmotionsEmotions – – – Def: feelings created in response to Def: feelings created in response to

thoughts, remarks, and eventsthoughts, remarks, and events

Basic Emotions – Basic Emotions – – HappinessHappiness, love, jealousy, sadness, , love, jealousy, sadness,

anger, fear, anticipation, & anger, fear, anticipation, & joy joy

Understanding EMOTIONS?Understanding EMOTIONS?

You can not always choose when an You can not always choose when an emotion will well up inside of you, but emotion will well up inside of you, but YOU CAN YOU CAN CHOOSECHOOSE HOW TO HOW TO HANDELHANDEL IT! IT!

People with good Mental & Emotional People with good Mental & Emotional Health seek healthy, Health seek healthy, RESPONSIBLERESPONSIBLE ways to express their emotions ways to express their emotions

Expressing Your EmotionsExpressing Your Emotions

Identifying Your EMOTIONS?Identifying Your EMOTIONS?

Which emotions are familiar to you?Which emotions are familiar to you?

Definitions – Definitions – – EmpathyEmpathy: :

the ability to understand and share another the ability to understand and share another person’s feelingsperson’s feelings

– AnxietyAnxiety: : an overwhelming feeling of dread, much like an overwhelming feeling of dread, much like

fear fear

Expressing EMOTIONS?Expressing EMOTIONS?

People express emotions in different People express emotions in different waysways– We often learn how to express them by We often learn how to express them by

watching people close to uswatching people close to us

Learning how to understand Learning how to understand emotions and expressing them in a emotions and expressing them in a healthy way is an healthy way is an IMPORTANTIMPORTANT part part of of goodgood Mental & Emotional Health! Mental & Emotional Health!

Expressing ANXIETY & FEARExpressing ANXIETY & FEAR

AnxiousAnxious & & FearfulFearful = = – Shorter breaths, heart beats faster, Shorter breaths, heart beats faster,

muscles tensemuscles tense

Too much anxiety & fear =Too much anxiety & fear =– Lose of sleep Lose of sleep or PANICor PANIC

PANIC: a feeling of sudden, intense fear PANIC: a feeling of sudden, intense fear

Expressing ANGERExpressing ANGER

Unhealthy ways - Unhealthy ways - – Yelling, hitting, threatening Yelling, hitting, threatening – Holding anger inside Holding anger inside

When you feel angry…When you feel angry…1.1. Exercise Exercise self-controlself-control

Take a deep breath and calm down Take a deep breath and calm down

2.2. Focus on exactly what made you angryFocus on exactly what made you angry

Expressing ANGER Con’tExpressing ANGER Con’t

3.3. Think of words to Think of words to communicatecommunicate your true feelingsyour true feelings

4.4. CalmlyCalmly tell the other person who tell the other person who you feel and what actions has you feel and what actions has caused you to feel this waycaused you to feel this way

5.5. Tell the person what you Tell the person what you expectexpect from him or her in the future from him or her in the future

Understanding your EMOTIONAL Understanding your EMOTIONAL

NEEDS!NEEDS! Emotional Needs - Emotional Needs -

– Def: needs that affect your feelings Def: needs that affect your feelings and sense of well-beingand sense of well-being

1.1. The need to feel The need to feel worthwhile worthwhile Need to feel you make a difference in Need to feel you make a difference in

the worldthe world You are making a contribution You are making a contribution Working toward a short/long-term goal Working toward a short/long-term goal

= a sense of accomplishment = a sense of accomplishment

Understanding your EMOTIONAL NEEDS! Understanding your EMOTIONAL NEEDS!

Con’tCon’t

2.2. The need to The need to lovelove and and be lovedbe loved– Need to feel that you are cared for Need to feel that you are cared for – You are special to people [family, You are special to people [family,

friends, classmates, etc.]friends, classmates, etc.]

3.3. The need to The need to belongbelong– Know that others accept and respect Know that others accept and respect

you as you areyou as you are– Find friends who are accepting, Find friends who are accepting,

reliable, and trustworthyreliable, and trustworthy

Meet Meet

EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL NEEDSNEEDS

in in HEALTHY WAYS!HEALTHY WAYS!

How do your friends help you practice healthful How do your friends help you practice healthful behaviors?behaviors?