Understanding Yourself: Feelings Vocabulary

Feelings Vocabulary

Feelings	Intensity of The Feeling
Feelings	Low	Med	High
Sadness	Disappointed Discouraged Hurt	Miserable Distressed Distraught	Rejected Devastated Hopeless
Anger	Annoyed Bothered Irritated	Resentful Hostile Exasperated	Enraged Furious Fuming
Joy	Pleased Satisfied Encouraged	Content Delighted Proud	Ecstatic Overjoyed Elated
Fear	Anxious Worried Insecure	Pressured Self-conscious Frightened	Terrified Panicky Threatened
Surprise	Impressed Taken aback Alarmed	Astonished Amazed Astounded	Shocked Overwhelmed In awe
Excitement	Keen Turned on Aroused	Eager Inspired Motivated	Enthusiastic Excited Thrilled
Love	Trusted Reassured Accepted	Secure Appreciated Respected	Self-assured Worthwhile Fulfilled
Disgust	Offended Turned off Fed up	Appalled Repelled Hateful	Hateful Disgusted Horrified
Guit	Embarrassed Uncomfortable Apologetic	Ashamed Regretful Untrustworthy	Inadequate Disgraced Humiliated

How about the jargon words and phrases we all use - where do they fit on the scale?

Examples:

Unexpressed emotions do not go away - they show up in your body language, such as when you say "Nothing's wrong!" but roll your eyes, avoid eye contact altogether, or slam a door. This confuses the people around you and keeps you feeling down.
Using clearer words helps you to know what is important to you, what works well, what you need to change, what you can learn to accept... it also helps you to communicate more clearly to others what you really need.