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Identifying Emotions: Step 1: Read Through The List of Emotions Below. Highlight or Underline Any Emotions That You

This document provides steps to help identify emotions. It begins by listing emotions and having the reader highlight those they feel commonly. It then asks the reader to reflect on when they experienced these emotions and notice any patterns. Finally, it distinguishes between primary and secondary emotions, with primary being initial reactions and secondary being reactions to feelings. The reader is asked to list their most common primary and secondary emotions and note any that feel linked.

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Identifying Emotions: Step 1: Read Through The List of Emotions Below. Highlight or Underline Any Emotions That You

This document provides steps to help identify emotions. It begins by listing emotions and having the reader highlight those they feel commonly. It then asks the reader to reflect on when they experienced these emotions and notice any patterns. Finally, it distinguishes between primary and secondary emotions, with primary being initial reactions and secondary being reactions to feelings. The reader is asked to list their most common primary and secondary emotions and note any that feel linked.

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Identifying Emotions

Step 1: Read through the list of emotions below. Highlight or underline any emotions that you
feel commonly.

Afraid Exhausted Miserable


Agitated Foolish Motivated
Angry Frustrated Needy
Annoyed Furious Nervous
Anxious Gloomy Numb
Awkward Grateful Obsessed
Betrayed Greedy Offended
Bewildered Grief Outrage
Bitter Grudging Overwhelmed
Brooding Guarded Pacified
Calm Guilty Pain
Cold Happy Panic
Compassionate Harassed Paranoid
Complacent Heartache Passion
Confused Helpless Pathetic
Concerned Hesitant Pessimistic
Cruel Humiliated Pity
Crushed Hurt Playful
Cynical Hysterical Pleasure
Defeated Impatient Possessive
Denial Indifferent Powerful
Desire Inferior Powerless
Detached Intimidated Preoccupied
Disappointed Introspective Protective
Disgust Irritated Rattled
Disinterested Isolated Reassured
Distracted Jealous Relaxed
Drained Lonely Resentment
Dread Longing Restless
Edgy Lost Sad
Empty Love Satisfied
Envy Lust Secure
Excluded Meditative Self-Conscious
Selfish
Sensitive
Shame
Sheepish
Shy
Smug
Snappy
Sorry
Stressed
Submissive
Suffocated
Sullen
Superior
Tenderness
Tense
Terror
Timid
Torn
Traumatized
Trust
Uptight
Vigilant
Vindictive
Weak
Step 2: Reflect on particular instances in your life in which these emotions have arisen. Do you
notice any interesting patterns?

Step 3: Which emotions feel primary or secondary to you? Keep in mind that primary emotions
are your initial reactions to events, interactions, or internal experiences. Secondary emotions
are the feelings you have in reaction to your feelings. For example, you may feel ashamed of
feeling angry, guilty about feeling happy, or furious at being hurt. A secondary emotion often
covers up a more vulnerable primary emotion. Distinguishing between primary and secondary
emotions is helpful, because we tend to find particular relief from expressing our primary
emotions. It is helpful to remember that emotions that become more intense over time or
make us feel “stuck” tend to be secondary emotions.

List your most common primary and secondary emotions below. (Note: Some emotions may
appear in both categories.) If certain primary and secondary emotions feel linked to you, for
instance if you often feel angry after feeling hurt, you can draw lines connecting them.

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Secondary Emotions
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