80 likes | 245 Views
Why Am I Afraid. To Tell You Who I Am?. CHAPTERS 4 & 5. Dealing With Emotions.
E N D
Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am? CHAPTERS 4 & 5
Dealing With Emotions • You are having a discussion with your parents. You have different opinions about whether or not you should do something. Gradually voices get louder and blood pressures rise. You are beginning to feel the stress of strong feelings. What should you do? “Your emotions and how you deal with them will probably make you or break you in the adventure of life.”
Healthy Ways to Deal With Emotions • AWARE • ADMIT • INVESTIGATE • REPORT • INTEGRATE
Unhealthy Ways to Deal With Your Emotions • IGNORE • DENY • REBUTT • BLAME • REPRESS
Estrangement & Encounter • Estrangement • Encounter
Ego-Defenses • Defined = compensations cultivated to counterbalance and camouflage something else in us which we consider a defect or handicap • Reaction formation • Displacement • Projection • Intellectualization • Rationalization