Understanding Yourself
| Imagine this is happening to you: | Give the feeling a name... Be expressive. Check the thesaurus. |
How intense is the feeling? | ||
| Low | Med | High | ||
| You just won a million $$ in the lottery. (They're not all this easy). |
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| You have your driving test this afternoon. | ||||
| Your closest friend forgot your birthday. | ||||
| Your brother (sister / son / daughter) has music blaring, and you've asked him / her three times to turn it down. | ||||
| You didn't get the job (or the promotion) you were hoping for. | ||||
| It's very late and your partner (son /daughter) was expected home hours ago. | ||||
| Your partner opens your mail by mistake. | ||||
| Your co-worker changed a meeting time without consulting you. | ||||
| You just had a great evening out with a new friend. | ||||
| Your new friend doesn't call as promised. | ||||
| Core Feelings | Intensity of The Feeling | |||
| Low | Med | High | ||
| Add to your "feeling word list" by thinking of interesting words for each of the 4 core emotions: sadness, anger, joy and fear, in low, medium and high intensities. | Sadness | |||
| Anger | ||||
| Joy | ||||
| Fear | ||||
| Round out your list by thinking of words for other emotions such as: surprise, excitement, love, disgust, guilt. | Surprise | |||
| Excitement | ||||
| Love | ||||
| Disgust | ||||
| Guilt | ||||