Mindfulness Skills - Video 8 - Flashcard Set
What is the result of suppressing emotions?
Increased suffering.
What is the benefit of observing and sitting with emotions?
Freedom.
What are some ways people react to their emotions?
Trying to control them or avoiding negative emotions.
What is the purpose of all emotions?
To communicate something important.
What can help bring down physiological arousal before practicing mindfulness to emotions?
Using distress tolerance skills.
What does observing emotions mean?
Allowing them to be present without suppressing or clinging to them.
What can visualizing emotions as waves help with?
Observing them.
How can bodily sensations help differentiate between physical sensations and emotions?
By observing them.
What is the quickest way out of an emotion?
Through it.
What is the cycle that prevents emotions from resolving on their own?
Emotion increase and suppression.
What analogy is used to describe emotions?
The weather that flows across the sky.
What can help with mindfulness to emotions?
Practicing loving and respecting or accepting your emotions.
