Feelings and emotions

by Barb Bellesini

We are talking about feelings and emotions. Everything we have covered is just as true for adults as it is for children.

We have been playing a game called Face to Face, where children make a face and the other copies. Sometimes this causes laughter and happiness, in others embarrassment and awkwardness, but in the end we need to acknowledge ALL of our feelings. NO feeling is bad, it is only WHAT we DO with the feelings that can cause harm if we let it.

We talked about different ways to manage the strong emotions on both ends of the spectrum, by having ways to STOP and calm ourselves down. Some of the examples the students gave were:

Think happy thoughts
Relax in the sun
Tell someone about it
Meditiate
Yell on a hill and let your anger out where noboby can hear you
Hit your pillow
Play X-box, play PS3
Enjoy good things
Get a Fruit Salad Massage
Do something you like
Tell them to stop
Go to your ‘happy place’
Write down your feelings or a letter
Play sport
Take deep breaths
Forgive and forget
Read a book
Watch a movie
Count to 10
Spend time with your family
Lie down
Listen to music
Hang out with friends
Have a bath
Jog
Play PC games
Eat
Forget it!
 

What is something YOU do to make yourself feel better??


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