Feelings Expressing feelings

Aware of your Feelings Can Motivate Us to Take Action  Allow Other People to Understand Us Help Us Survive, Thrive, and Avoid Danger Can Help Us Make Decisions

Being aware of other peoples feelings Build trust Preventing pain: physical or emotional Understand what they may be going through Spark in humans to be empathic among each other

Healthy ways to express feelings Talk to someone Write a letter/journal Sense or humor Know and identify feelings Why is this important to know?

Unhealthy ways to express feelings Using drugs/alcohol Using physical force Keeping inside you Sleeping it off Blaming others/deny what's going on Don’t set yourself up (lying)

Consequences of Uncontrolled Emotions Legal Results in choosing behaviors that are against the law. Mental Factors that affect an individual emotionally because of the behavior. Social Effects on the community, family and individuals because of the behavior.

Consequences of Uncontrolled Emotions Ethical Moral and religious values that are violated because of the behavior. Physical Harm or injury that can come to people because of the behavior. Financial Dollar costs to individuals and communities as a result of behavior.