Expressing/ Managing Emotions

Communicating Emotions

• Verbally: talking with your emotions, and expressing yourself through speech
• Listening: paying attention, making eye contact, and empathy
• Body language: nonverbal communication, using your face/ hands/ posture to express what you are feeling

Creative Expression

• You use an art form to show how you feel
• Music, dance, painting, writing, sculpting, etc.
• This is a healthy way to release any emotional tension
• Negative expression includes: fighting, violence, vandalism, etc.

Unpleasant Emotions

• When dealing with bad emotions it is best to not think negatively about everything
• Positive self-talk is the process of thinking about good parts in a bad situation
• Stress is is the body's response to unpleasant emotions
• We have a defense mechanism to deal with stress, but sometimes we can lash out towards others in our distress

Triggers

• A trigger is a person, situation, or event that influences emotions
• GettIng someone triggered can cause a bad relationship
• You can have someone triggered buy annoying them or messing around with there emotions

Control

• You can control your emotions and by doing that you can have healthy emotions.
• You can talk it out or wright in a diary or even just talk to someone you trust.
• If you don t know how to control them get help.