Managing Your Emotional Reactions 8G

Managing your emotional reactions means

• choosing how and when to express our feelings

• blame others when things don't go as you planned

• Ignoring your homework because you don't feel like doing it

• losing your temper when you get angry

People who do a good job of managing their emotions

• interrupt the conversations of others

• know how and when to express their feelings

• blame others for making them feel bad

• often lose their temper when they're angry

Productive ways to react to situations include:

• avoiding letting emotions influence them

• having a sense of when it's best to speak out or wait

• considering the response of others

• all of the above

Emotional "triggers" that make it difficult to manage your reaction include

• anxiety

• anger

• frustration

• all of the above

Being able to notice and identify the emotions we are feeling at any given moment is called

• pressure

• emotional awareness

• emotional health

• empathy

Understanding your emotions means

• knowing WHY we feel the way we do

• you are able to ACCEPT them given the situation

• you don't BLAME others for how you feel

• all of the above