2. Feelings
Expressing feelings

3. Aware of your Feelings Can Motivate Us to Take Action
 Allow Other People to Understand Us
Help Us Survive, Thrive, and Avoid Danger
Can Help Us Make Decisions

4. Being aware of other peoples feelings
Build trust
Preventing pain: physical or emotional
Understand what they may be going through
Spark in humans to be empathic among each other

5. Healthy ways to express feelings
Talk to someone
Write a letter/journal
Sense or humor
Know and identify feelings
Why is this important to know?

6. Unhealthy ways to express feelings
Using drugs/alcohol
Using physical force
Keeping inside you
Sleeping it off
Blaming others/deny what's going on
Don’t set yourself up (lying)

7. Consequences of Uncontrolled Emotions
Legal
Results in choosing behaviors that are against the law.
Mental
Factors that affect an individual emotionally because of the behavior.
Social
Effects on the community, family and individuals because of the behavior.

8. Consequences of Uncontrolled Emotions
Ethical
Moral and religious values that are violated because of the behavior.
Physical
Harm or injury that can come to people because of the behavior.
Financial
Dollar costs to individuals and communities as a result of behavior.