Feelings and emotions are very closely connected but they’re not quite the same…
Emotion: is something that you spontaneously feel in a specific situation. An emotion is temporary. It could be fear, anger, joy, shame, or excitement and is expressed by your body (you flush, your heart rate speeds up, you feel hot, etc.) and your mind (your thoughts change, you feel like shouting, crying, etc.).
Feeling: lasts a long time and can change! Sometimes a feeling disappears, other times it doesn’t. Feelings include love, happiness, insecurity, hatred, etc.
Understanding what’s going on inside you
Sadness, anger, fear, shame, disgust, joy… What good are emotions? It’s important for you to learn to recognize your emotions and be able to name them. The better you can identify them, the better you’ll be able to manage them.
Sadness allows us to realize we’ve lost something, then to be reborn!
You’re overheated, you feel like you’re going to explode, you’re red in the face? You seem to be feeling anger!
Fear is a signal that helps protect us from danger.
Shame, responds to an attack on our private life: our body, sexuality, emotions, feelings, etc.
Disgust may hide a reality we refuse to acknowledge.
Joy is a powerful stress reliever that releases tension and boosts our self-esteem.
Emotional Clarity: 6 Key Principles for Managing Your Emotions
Label your emotions with plain language. How good are you at expressing how you feel? ...
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Validate your emotions.
A good place to start with emotional validation is to start paying attention to your self-talk
when you’re upset.
The next time you’re angry or sad or anxious, pay attention to the kinds of things you say to yourself. More often than not, this self-talk when you’re upset will be pretty negative, harsh, and probably pretty inaccurate in many ways.
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