EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

JEREMIAH 17:7. HEBREWS 10:35-36, ROMANS 12:2, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16.

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Emotional wellbeing interacts with all of your other six areas of wellbeing. Being Emotionally well gives you the ability to feel and express your emotions such as happiness, sadness and anger. Emotional wellbeing encompasses optimisim, self-esteem, self-acceptance and the ability to practice stress-management techniques, be resilient, and to share feelings. Over the last 12 months we have all seen so much change that our feelings are likely to have been all over the place and you may not know where you stand. This next exercise is intended to give you a marker to see where you are now.

//05 EMOTIONAL SELF

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

Little interest or pleasure in doing things Not at all Several Days More than half the days Nearly every day

0 1 2 3

This test is called the PHQ-9 [Patient Health Questionnaire] and is used by doctors to rate how serious problems are – see more at phqscreeners.com. You should complete the questionnaire again in a few weeks to see if things have changed.

Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much

Feeling tired or having little energy

Poor appetite or overeating

Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual Thinking that you would be better off dead or that you want to hurt yourself in some way

TOTAL 0

GRAND TOTAL

// 07 HEALTHY EMOTIONS

Emotions are one of the most powerful experiences about being human - and they are everywhere!

Can you find 25 normal healthy emotions in this grid? When was the last time you experienced all of them? CREATE A “GOOD MOOD” PLAYLIST

CHOOSE 5-10 SONGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD (ONES THAT TAKE YOU TO A GREAT MEMORY, MAKE YOU SMILE, DANCE OR SING

T N F E A A A Y S F E L O U E N O R N F M I I E L O P I Y D E I U T O U U A R V T H I I Y M T S H E I R S E O A N S S T S C T U O X T Y E P H G T A E S A R S L E C A P M U P E D I A F A I I O Y I L S E I U N X R S T A A O N H T E E N I E N R I I S J E M E T E N E T S A A T O M S I E H L A M E F S F B A N S S H A M E I P E W E E M S G E C N A Y O N N A N R I E R R E G N A Y O J R E A T L M Y F E I R G L T I O U S S E A A N O U F M M N D E E A S R

Everyone struggles with different emotions. Strike-through which ones you struggle with. How can you find ways to cope better with these emotions?

// 07 MAKE A COPING BOX

AMUSEMENT ANGER ANNOYANCE ANXIETY APATHY DISGUST ELATION EMBARRASSMENT ENTHUSIASM EUPHORIA EXCITEMENT FEAR FRUSTRATION FURY GRIEF HAPPINESS JOY LONELINESS LOVE MISERY RELIEF SADNESS SATISFACTION STRESS SHAME

1. Find a box and personalise it. 2. Pick some things you might like to look at, smell, touch.

E.g. a scented candle, a special photo, a teddy. 3. When things feel difficult go to your box and use the items 4. Notice any changes in the way you feel whilst using your box and write them down (E.g. I felt like___ before and I feel like ___ after).