Feelings

Question 1

What is the difference between a sensation and a feeling?

Answer 1

Sensation = involuntary and it starts in the body
Feeling = emotion; starts in the brain - a vibration we experience in the body

Question 2

All feelings are caused by…

Answer 2

a thought

Question 3

Thought swapping often doesn’t work. The first step is simply too…

Answer 3

increase your awareness - pay attention to your thinking and notice what you’re feeling

Question 4

We think we want things, but the truth is what we really want is…

Answer 4

the feelings we believe we’ll have once we get those things

Question 5

If you want to change your life, you must become aware of…

Answer 5

what you’re feeling in the present moment

Question 6

What is a feeling?

Answer 6

A vibration in the body that’s caused by a thought

Question 7

What are 3 main things we do with uncomfortable emotions?

Answer 7

resist, react, avoid

Question 8

why is resisting emotions unhelpful?

Answer 8

resistance just creates more tension and perpetuates the emotion

Question 9

what are examples of reacting to uncomfortable emotions?

Answer 9

yelling, screaming, crying - we think we’re feeling them but really we’re just acting and not feeling

Question 10

what are the 2 most common ways people avoid emotions?

Answer 10

overeating/overdrinking and working

Question 11

True or False - feelings can be felt without taking any action or reacting at all

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What are indulgent emotions?

Answer 12

Thoughts that keep you stuck. They don’t get you anywhere. They keep you from taking the action you want to take.

Question 13

The worst emotion you can feel is just a…

Answer 13

vibration

Question 14

Buffering comes from our need to…

Answer 14

experience more pleasure than pain

Question 15

True or False - Accepeting the negative is condoning it

Answer 15

False

Question 16

should we strive to be happy 100% of the time?

Answer 16

No. The goal is to live the human experience. we do not always need to select emotions that are happy and positive.

Question 17

How can we have more peace in our lives?

Answer 17

Choose humanness over happiness to have more peace

Question 18

The emotions we tend to … are the same emotions we need to work through to get the results we want

Answer 18

avoid

Question 19

What are some of the most common indulgent emotions?

Answer 19

confusion, doubt, worry, overwhelm, and victimization

Question 20

What are the emotional skills she talks about?

Answer 20

1. awareness
2. don’t be afraid of feeling- no fear of feeling
3. processing discomfort
4. create emotion - practice creating useful emotions
5. separate feelings from circumstances