Mindfulness Skills - Video 10 - Flashcard Set
What is mindfulness of current emotions?
A skill to decrease emotional suffering by allowing oneself to experience an emotion in the present moment without necessarily acting on it.
Why do we often try to change, reject, or block difficult or intense emotions?
Because they are so painful.
Does trying to change, reject or block difficult emotions always work?
No, sometimes it doesn’t work.
What is the benefit of practicing mindfulness of current emotions?
With practice, one will feel more in control of their emotions instead of feeling like their emotions control them.
How can you start practicing mindfulness of current emotions?
By noticing and observing your emotion and experiencing it as a wave coming and going.
What is one way to stay in the present and practice this skill?
By focusing on the physical sensations that you’re experiencing.
What kind of physical sensations should you observe when practicing mindfulness of current emotions?
Emotional sensations, such as tension, clenching, emptiness, lump, tears, pressure, quick shallow breaths, and racing heart.
What is the duration of an emotion when you just acknowledge its presence?
Much shorter than when you intensify it or keep it around by thinking about all the things that made you sad or angry.
Are you your emotion?
No, you are not your emotion.
Do you have to act on your emotion?
No, you don’t have to act on your emotion.
What does part of this skill involve?
Respecting and loving your emotion by letting go of judging or rejecting it.
What is the opposite of finding something?
Loving something.
