Chapter 7 Lesson #4 Pages 188-190 Managing Emotions Chapter 7 Lesson #4 Pages 188-190

Managing Emotions Objective 1: Identify ways in dealing with emotions in a positive way Objective 2: Demonstrate strategies for communicating emotions and needs in healthful ways. Objective 3: Identify and describe ways to manage difficult emotions.

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Review From Lesson 3 What are Emotions? What are the 7 emotions? Emotions are signals that tell your mind and body how to react What are the 7 emotions? Happiness Sadness Love Empathy Fear Guilt Anger

Dealing with Emotions in Positive Ways You have learned various positive and negative ways of expressing your emotions from your; Environment Experiences Others Negative ways of dealing with your feelings do nothing to help you solve your problems. Over-exaggerating emotions for effect Pretending the feelings are not there at all Intentionally hurting someone else

Strategies for Responding to Your Emotions Look below the surface of your emotion Is the situation that important it will matter tomorrow or down the road? Don’t take action on a strong feeling until you consider all possible consequences first Use positive feelings to inspire yourself. Relieve negative or upsetting feeling by other activities. What can you do to relieve upsetting feeling? If your negative feelings do not go away, seek help from a parent, friend, or trusted adult

Difficult Emotions Intense emotions can affect your attitude and behavior. How can it affect your attitude? Using strategies can help you solve and interpret personal conflicts. Write in a private journal Play music Talk about your feelings

Managing Your Difficult Emotions 1) Defense Mechanisms- (full list on pg. 190) Mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations. Suppression- Holding back or restraining. Can provide temporary escape from an unpleasant situation Ex: Using alcohol and drugs to hide your feelings Denial- Unconscious lack of acknowledgment of something that is obvious to others Ex: Having an eating disorder, lying to yourself and those around you (denying) however, your family and friends know the truth. In the long run, defense mechanisms may keep you from facing what is really troubling you. Read figure 7.4 on page 190

On your own paper, write in the correct defense mechanism. Pg. 190 1. stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up the boss, when the real reason was your poor performance 2. sitting in a corner and crying after hearing bad news; throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way 3. forgetting sexual abuse from your childhood due to the trauma and anxiety 4. trying to forget something that causes you anxiety

Answers Rationalization: stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up the boss, when the real reason was your poor performance Regression: sitting in a corner and crying after hearing bad news; throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way Repression: forgetting sexual abuse from your childhood due to the trauma and anxiety Suppression: trying to forget something that causes you anxiety

Managing Your Difficult Emotions Continued… 2) Handling Fear An emotion many people work to overcome Identify your fear Analyze the situation that causes the fear Talking about your fear Some fears are healthy and natural 3) Dealing with Guilt Guilt can be a very destructive emotion Try to get to the underlying source of your guilt Learn from your mistake, and be more careful Discuss the situation, some may be out of your control

Managing Your Difficult Emotions Continued… 4) Managing Anger Anger can be one of the most difficult emotions. Get to the underlying source of your anger and address it If there is nothing you can do about the source of your anger, there is always a way to cope with the feelings.

Strategies for managing anger Try seeing an upsetting issue from the other persons perspective. Learn to relax Practice trusting other people Develop your listening skills Learn to be assertive (not passive or aggressive)

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