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MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS. THE NEXT SLIDES EXPLAIN HOW TO MANAGE DIFFICULT EMOTIONS You can’t choose how you feel, but you can choose what you do about it. By Monica and Dylan. WHAT ARE FACILITATIVE AND DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS?.

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MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

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  1. MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS • THE NEXT SLIDES EXPLAIN HOW TO MANAGE DIFFICULT EMOTIONS • You can’t choose how you feel, but you can choose what you do about it. • By Monica and Dylan

  2. WHAT ARE FACILITATIVE AND DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS? • Facilitative emotions– these feelings contribute to effective functioning. (Help you feel better) • Debilitative emotions– These feelings detract from effective functioning. (Make you feel crummy)

  3. WHAT ARE SOURCES OF DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS? • Physiology • Emotional Memory

  4. WHAT IS SELF-TALK? • Self-talk--How you talk to yourself to interpret what is happening to you. • Debilitative self talk is also called rumination. That’s when a person dwells persistently on negative thoughts which intensify negative feelings.

  5. WHAT IRRATIONAL THINKING CAUSES DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS? • Fallacies- accepting a number of irrational thoughts. (false way of thinking) • Fallacy of Perfection • Fallacy of Approval • Fallacy of Shoulds • Fallacy of Overgeneralizations • Fallacy of Causation • Fallacy of Helplessness • Fallacy of Catastrophic Expectations

  6. HOW CAN YOU MINIMIZE DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS? • Monitor your emotional reactions • Note the activating event • Record your self-talk • Dispute your irrational beliefs

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