Expressing emotions

Expressing emotions

Question # 1 How can we express our emotions with words?

To express emotions, ask “What makes it difficult

for you to talk about emotions you feel?”

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3777340683 Pages 11 and 18.

Expressing emotions unedited Example: Co-workers meet after work and release feelings about the worst managers – saying what they feel and think.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Expressing emotions edited Example: Co-workers meet to share feelings about the worst managers – but edits anger from the tone of their voices.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Suppressing emotions Example: A co-worker irritates you. You do not express anger about your co-worker before you get home to your family.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Fabricating an emotion Example: 2 people have a disagreement. When a photo is taken, they both smile although they are not happy.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Substituting an emotion with another emotion Example: You are irritated by a certain rule or norm. You claim openly that you are excited about this, although you are not.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Avoid sending a message when you feel a strong negative emotion such as anger.

https://hbr.org/2016/05/outsmart-your-next-angry-outburst

How did your parents help you deal with emotions you felt, for example emotions such as anger, fear or sadness?

1. Did your parents judge you, blame you and/or find fault with you when you expressed emotions you felt?

2. Did your parents want you to suppress emotions you felt?

3. Did your parents help you express emotions you felt and help you find out why you were feeling these emotions?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3777340683 Page 174.

Question # 2 How can we express emotions with emojis?

Before leaving work each day, employees at Ubiquity Retirement + Savings register their emotions by pressing a button in the lobby.

They have 5 buttons to choose from. One of the buttons is a smiley face.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

Research shows that when we look at a smiling emoticon on the Internet, the same parts of the brain are activated as when we look at a real human face.

http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2015/01/25/7-reasons-use-emoticons-social-media-according-science http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033794/evidence/the-neuroscience-of-emoticons

Question # 3 What are advantages of expressing emotions we feel?

When you express emotions, you feel, you reduce stress and lower your blood pressure.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3777340683 Page 136.

When you cry, stress hormones move out of your body.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3777340683 Page 41.

When you give yourself permission to learn about and express your emotions, you will not turn into someone you are not or someone you do not want to become.

On the contrary, learning about and expressing your emotions will give

you the opportunity to become your most authentic self, to become who you are.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1879833009 location 1000.

Emotional communication regulates interactions among co-workers, enforcing a system of rights, obligations, and values.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Helping children manage their emotions  lowers “stress” hormones and  releases “feel good” hormones in children and carers.

http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/sites/default/files/public/KMC_201205-03_coping-skills-for-emotions.pdf