Keeping your emotional cool

Which two reasons below show why it is important to keep your emotional cool?

• If you don't take action to deal with your negative emotions, they can build up inside you until eventually you lose control

• Losing control is a good thing because you get to act however you want

• Learning to think about, express, and act on your emotions in healthy ways can help you build strong relationships and a positive reputation while staying safe

• Learning to think about, express, and act on your emotions in healthy ways makes you look weak, and you will lose friends

Feeling overwhelmed by stress and emotions, being unable to think clearly, and saying or doing things you don't mean might mean experiencing:

• A consequence

• Decompression

• Integrity

• Emotional hijack

Which of the following are healthy ways to decompress when you are stressed or emotionally hijacked? (select all that apply)

• Taking deep breaths

• Listening to music

• Reading or journaling

• Playing a lot of video games

Why is it important to find out why you were emotionally triggered?

• So you can make a funny meme about yourselft

• So you can avoid your emotional trigger at all costs

• So you can take action to deal with your emotion(s)

• So you can tell everyone what your emotional trigger was so they can help you to avoid it all costs

True or false: when deciding what to do you should try to come up with actions that have positive consequences and show integrity by trying to do what's right.

• True

• False

Which of the following are actions that you could take to help yourself manage you emotions?

• Use an I-statement

• Use the 10-year rule

• Learn from it

• Do nothing if your are really torn and can't decide how to act

• Make a decision no matter what

True or false: flaming is an online form unhealthy and hostile communication involving insults and profanity

• True

• False

According to the chart that we looked at in the presentation, what was the most common emotion that readers of online posts that went viral felt?

• Awe

• Sadness

• Joy

• Anger

What are the three steps to keeping your emotional cool?

• Recognize when you are emotionally hijacked and find a healthy way to help your brain decompress

• Recognize when you are emotionally hijacked and let your emotions take control over your actions

• Once you are calm, identify your negative emotion and the emotional trigger that caused it

• Make a list of ways to deal with you emotion and think of the consequences of each action. Then choose the best option and take action

Identify at least 1 thing that you learned from the classroom presentation and how you can use what you learned in your future life: