ANXIOUS?? Is your heart racing? Don't know why?......

What Helps...  Name that Feeling!
Emotion Regulation

You are feeling anxious, you don't know why exactly.  

Go to your Emotion Regulation pages that identify the feeling.

Emotion Regulation Handout #4

• Fear, distress, dread, edginess, jumpiness, nervousness
• Uneasiness, panic, overwhelmed...
• If these words sound right, that's the feeling
• What has prompted the feeling?
• A painful situation?
• A situation where you are threatened?

Observe and Describe the Feeling.

Naming the Feeling gives you a sense of control

Time to try Opposite to Emotion Action

• If you are fearful and you have the urge to run away, avoid, then approach, go anyway and participate fully
• If you are angry and you have the urge to attack
• then gently avoid, be kind, see their perspective
• If you are sad and you have the urge to withdraw
• Be with others and increase activity