Identifying Feelings

Heya Friends

Identifying feelings is really hard for me. Part of the reason why it's so hard is because I struggle with eating challenges in order to avoid feeling feelings. Part of my personal recovery has been about giving myself permisson to feel things. One thing I try to do is be mindful of the signals my body is telling me. It's a really hard skill for me to work on. I thought I would post some things here that help me identify my feelings instead of pushing them away. I hope you can relate to it too. I'm going to post here in this thread if I catch myself recognizing a feeling and if I let myself actually experience it. It would be cool too if anyone else wants to post your examples here. You can share feeling/emotions resource that helps you out also <3<3<3

Helpful Steps for Dealing with Feelings

Feelings Wheel

Here's a feelings wheel that helps gives me my words on how to name a feeling that I might be having. Sometimes when I struggle to tell people what I am going through I use a feelings wheel to help me communicate it to the people around me. The feelings wheel also helps me when I am writing my feelings down in my journal because I can use different adjectives

Level of Intensity

This chart posted below helps me identify the level of intensity of a feeling it could be low, medium, or high

Using Emojis

Using emojis can help you communicate your feelings if you are having a hard time saying them to someone else. Sometimes I point to emoji cards in order to communicate my feelings when I am struggling

Coping with Strong Emotions/Feelings

This circle has 8 helpful ways to cope with a strong emotion or feeling. Once you get better at identifying feelings you can work on coping with them in more healthy ways. What are some of your favorite ways to cope with emotions? <3