Healthy Healthy Emotions Emotions

EmotionsEmotionsThe strong, The strong,

immediate immediate reactions that reactions that you feel in you feel in response to an response to an experience. experience. There are There are emotions in emotions in everything you everything you do!do!

Emotions are Emotions are PowerfulPowerful

Can make Can make you sickyou sick

Can affect Can affect sleepsleep

Can affect Can affect eatingeating

Can help Can help you healyou heal

The Five Major The Five Major EmotionsEmotions

Strong Strong affection affection or deep or deep concern concern for for another another personperson

The Five Major The Five Major EmotionsEmotions

Anger:Anger:A strong A strong feeling of feeling of displeasuredispleasure

The Five Major The Five Major EmotionsEmotions

Fear:Fear:

A scared A scared feelingfeeling

The Five The Five Major EmotionsMajor EmotionsGrief:Grief:

A deep A deep sorrow that is sorrow that is caused by the caused by the loss of someone loss of someone or something or something that you cannot that you cannot get back.get back.

The Five Major The Five Major EmotionsEmotions

A feeling of having done A feeling of having done something wrong.something wrong.

Defense Defense MechanismsMechanismsAn unconscious thought or behavior used to avoid An unconscious thought or behavior used to avoid

experiencing unpleasant emotions.experiencing unpleasant emotions. Coping strategies to make you feel better and Coping strategies to make you feel better and

allow one to get through a tough time.allow one to get through a tough time. If the problem is ignored the more problematic If the problem is ignored the more problematic

it will become – therefore it can be dangerous to it will become – therefore it can be dangerous to rely on defense mechanisms too often!rely on defense mechanisms too often!

Defense Defense MechanismsMechanisms

Refusal to Refusal to accept accept realityreality

RationalizationRationalization Justifying behaviorJustifying behavior

RepressionRepressionBlocking Blocking

out out unpleasaunpleasant nt thoughtsthoughts

DisplacementDisplacementHaving bad feelings toward someone Having bad feelings toward someone

not related to the cause of the not related to the cause of the problemproblem

ProjectionProjection

Blaming Blaming someone else someone else for your for your problemproblem

CompensationCompensation Making up for 1 weakness in Making up for 1 weakness in

1 area by achieving in 1 area by achieving in anotheranother

DayDreamingDayDreaming Imagining Imagining

pleasant things pleasant things that take your that take your mind off mind off unpleasant unpleasant realityreality

IdealizationIdealization Copying someone you think Copying someone you think

highly of because you don’t highly of because you don’t feel good about who you arefeel good about who you are

RegressioRegressionn Reacting to Reacting to

emotions in a emotions in a child like or child like or immature immature fashionfashion

SublimationSublimation

Redirecting Redirecting negative negative impulses impulses

into positive into positive behaviorbehavior