Journal 4 Min 350 words

Chapter 4 Journal For instructions on how to complete journal assignments and info on how they will be graded, please refer to the syllabus.

Introduction: The purpose of this activity is to reinforce your awareness of how you interpret the physical sensations that occur during a problem-saturated event. Additionally, you will practice identifying how similar physical sensations can occur during other events unrelated to emotions or during positive emotional responses. Doing this step will provide you with a go-to method for moving through overwhelming emotions so that you can move toward a more empowered narrative. By practicing the act of reframing the feelings that you have in response to uncomfortable emotions while reflecting on past events, you will be better equipped to do so in real-time when difficult emotions take hold.

Goal • Identify the physical sensations that occur when amidst a difficult emotion. • Identify other events or emotions that do not make you feel the difficult emotions

but cause similar physical sensations to occur. • Reinforce the idea that different types of emotional responses and events can elicit

similar physical symptoms. • Practice reframing the feelings you have as a result of difficult emotional responses. • Practice applying new, more empowered terms to uncomfortable or negative

feelings as a method of moving through the feelings successfully.

Instructions: Reviewing the event that you described in the Chapter 3 workbook activity, Identifying Problem-Saturated Stories, answer the following questions:

1. Write down physical symptoms you experience when you think of the event, like heart beating faster, perspiring, etc.

2. Identify biological situations in which you felt those same physical symptoms, like when exercising or hungry, or when you felt emotions like excitement or love.

3. Determine if you also responded with the same level of dread or fear during the biological or emotional event as you feel when anticipating an event that causes you to feel nervous or anxious.

4. Provide insight that can be gained from the comparison. 5. Find a term you could use in place of “anxious” or “nervous” that could be a more

empowered reframing of the physical sensations you experienced.