1. Chapter 7.3 Understanding Emotions

2. Understanding Your Emotions
What are emotions?
Emotions: Signals that tell your mind and
body how to react
Emotions affect all sides of your health triangle.
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3. Identifying Your Emotions
Changes brought on by hormones during puberty can affect your emotions.
Hormone: A chemical secreted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells
Happiness
Sadness
Love
Empathy:
The ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels

4. More Emotions… Fear Guilt Anger Hostility: - Phobia?
Intentional use of unfriendly
or offensive behavior