2.4 guided notes. 6 common emotions love anger fear guilt happiness sadness
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2.4 GUIDED NOTES
6 COMMON EMOTIONS
• Love• Anger• Fear• Guilt• Happiness• Sadness
WHEN EXPERIENCING A STRONG EMOTION…
• Put a name to the emotion• Determine what triggered it• Thing back to past times you felt the same way
A COPING STRATEGY is a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation
DEFENSE MECHANISMS are the ways people defend themselves against difficult feelings
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
• CompensationMaking up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
•RationalizationMaking excuses for actions or feelings
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
•DenialRefusing to recognize the existence of an emotion or problem
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
•Reaction FormationBehaving in a way opposite to the way you’re feeling
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
• ProjectionPutting your own faults onto another person
COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS
•RegressionReturning to immature behaviors to express emotions
COPING STRATEGIES
• Confront the situation head-on and deal with it• Release built up energy by being active…taking a walk, exercising,
cleaning, etc• Take a break by reading a book, being creative
HARMFUL WAYS OF COPING
• Using alcohol• Using drugs• Acting out in a violent way• Withdrawing from family and friends