2.4 GUIDED NOTES

6 COMMON EMOTIONS

• Love• Anger• Fear• Guilt• Happiness• Sadness

WHEN EXPERIENCING A STRONG EMOTION…

• Put a name to the emotion• Determine what triggered it• Thing back to past times you felt the same way

A COPING STRATEGY is a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation

DEFENSE MECHANISMS are the ways people defend themselves against difficult feelings

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

• CompensationMaking up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

•RationalizationMaking excuses for actions or feelings

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

•DenialRefusing to recognize the existence of an emotion or problem

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

•Reaction FormationBehaving in a way opposite to the way you’re feeling

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

• ProjectionPutting your own faults onto another person

COMMON DEFENSE MECHANISMS

•RegressionReturning to immature behaviors to express emotions

COPING STRATEGIES

• Confront the situation head-on and deal with it• Release built up energy by being active…taking a walk, exercising,

cleaning, etc• Take a break by reading a book, being creative

HARMFUL WAYS OF COPING

• Using alcohol• Using drugs• Acting out in a violent way• Withdrawing from family and friends