Understanding Emotions

Compare how you feel when you are alone versus when you are with friends. What are the differences?

• Alone: anxiety and restlessness; with friends: stress and pressure.

• Alone: excitement and distraction; with friends: boredom and isolation.

• Alone: peace and introspection; with friends: joy and connection.

• Alone: confusion and chaos; with friends: indifference and apathy.

How do you react when someone misunderstands you?

• I change the subject to avoid the confusion.

• I get frustrated and raise my voice.

• I clarify my message and listen to their perspective.

• I ignore their misunderstanding and move on.

Emotions can sometimes be difficult to deal with, but it's important to try our best every day. We should be aware of when our emotions are influenced by things outside of ourselves. We can change how we feel by using what's inside of us. When we learn to control our inner thoughts and feelings, our emotions become less dependent on external factors. It's helpful to take a moment to separate how we feel from the people or things that may be causing those emotions.

According to the text, how can we change how we feel?

• By using what's inside of us

• By relying on external factors

• By ignoring our emotions

• By pretending our emotions don't exist

What should we be aware of when dealing with our emotions?

• When our emotions are influenced by things outside of ourselves

• When our emotions are not important

• When our emotions are always right

• When our emotions are too difficult to handle

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Emotions are always easy to deal with.

• We should ignore our emotions.

• We can control our emotions by changing external factors.

• We can control our emotions by changing our thoughts and feelings.

What does it mean to 'flip your lid'?

• Your emotions are in total control

• Your emotions are not controlled by your thoughts

• Your thoughts are working without your emotions

What emotions is Misty feeling?

• Frustrated

• Jealous

• Determined

What does 'keeping your cool' imply?

• Letting your emotions take over

• Maintaining control over your emotions

• Ignoring your emotions completely

What does 'letting your emotions take over' imply?

• Ignoring your feelings

• Allowing your feelings to control your actions

• Suppressing your feelings

Why is it important to try our best every day?

• To control our emotions

• To separate how we feel from external or outside factors

• To ignore our emotions

• To rely on external factors