Expressing Your Emotions Life Skills
Emotion Primary Emotion -- A reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body and behavior. Primary Emotion -- Emotions expressed by people in all cultures. It’s our first response to a situation.
Happiness Sadness Fear Anger
Guilt Love Jealousy Learned Emotions Examples: -- These are emotions that are not expressed the same in every environment/culture. Examples: Guilt Jealousy Love
Personality and Self-Esteem Life Skills
Personality A set of behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that are unique to an individual. Ways your personality form are: Heredity Environment (family, friends, culture)
Self-Esteem Your opinion of yourself; how much you respect and like yourself. Think?? How can your self esteem affect your relationships and how you interact with others?
Benefits of High self-esteem You have a realistic view of yourself. Closer relationships You accept yourself for who you are.
Risks of Low self-esteem Little respect for yourself. You judge yourself harshly You have more of a fear for failure. May be at a higher risk for using drugs, dropping out of school, becoming pregnant, or suffer from eating disorders.
Activity!! SELL YOURSELF!!!... In a good way Make an ACROSTIC of your name! Get a piece of paper off the table. Use markers, colored pencils, pictures (draw or get from magazines) , to describe how wonderful you are!!! I WANT COLOR AND CREATIVITY!
L - Loving A - Appreciative S – Silly K - Kind E – Educated E - Encouraging