I Will Express Emotions in Healthful Ways
Key Vocab
Mind-Body Connection: the close relationship between mental and physical responses
Psychosomatic Disease: a physical disorder caused or aggravated by emotional responses
Communication: the exchange of feelings, thoughts, or information with one or more persons
Denial: a condition in which a person refuses to recognize what she is feeling because it is extremely painful
I-Message: a statement that focuses on a specific behavior or event, how that behavior or event affects the speakers and the emotions the speaker feels as a result
You-Message: a statement that blames or shames another person
Active Listening: a way of responding that shows that the listener hears and understands
Nonverbal Communication: the use of actions to express emotions and thoughts
Mixed Message: a message in which behaviors (verbal or nonverbal) do not match in meaning
Anger: an emotion varying in intensity from mild irritation to intense rage that is often accompanied by physiological changes that prepare the body for fighting
Anger Trigger: a thought or event that causes a person to be angry
Anger Cue: is a body change that occurs when a person is angry
Hidden Anger: anger that is not recognized or is expressed in an inappropriate way
Hostility Syndrome: a physical state in which the body is in the fight-or-flight state at all times
Serotonin: a chemical in the body that helps regulate primitive drives and emotions
Displacement: the releasing of anger on someone or something other than the cause of the anger
Anger Management Skills: healthful ways to control and express anger
Self-Statements: words you can say to yourself when you experience anger triggers and cues
Psychosomatic Disease: a physical disorder caused or aggravated by emotional responses
Communication: the exchange of feelings, thoughts, or information with one or more persons
Denial: a condition in which a person refuses to recognize what she is feeling because it is extremely painful
I-Message: a statement that focuses on a specific behavior or event, how that behavior or event affects the speakers and the emotions the speaker feels as a result
You-Message: a statement that blames or shames another person
Active Listening: a way of responding that shows that the listener hears and understands
Nonverbal Communication: the use of actions to express emotions and thoughts
Mixed Message: a message in which behaviors (verbal or nonverbal) do not match in meaning
Anger: an emotion varying in intensity from mild irritation to intense rage that is often accompanied by physiological changes that prepare the body for fighting
Anger Trigger: a thought or event that causes a person to be angry
Anger Cue: is a body change that occurs when a person is angry
Hidden Anger: anger that is not recognized or is expressed in an inappropriate way
Hostility Syndrome: a physical state in which the body is in the fight-or-flight state at all times
Serotonin: a chemical in the body that helps regulate primitive drives and emotions
Displacement: the releasing of anger on someone or something other than the cause of the anger
Anger Management Skills: healthful ways to control and express anger
Self-Statements: words you can say to yourself when you experience anger triggers and cues
Assignment
Click on the photo to the left and listen to the article about think about some tools that you can use the next time you get upset. Then write a one page paper on how that tool could have helped you the last time you got upset and how the outcome might have changed. Once done, please submit to [email protected]
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