Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in Friday January 25th
Hey Trauma Family,
Woohoo so we are literally on the days of the weekend in Britain we class friday as a weekend since its near the end like Saturday and Sunday and guess what more ACT series so yayyy.
We are on Day 8 of ACT
Day 8: Understand Your Emotions- Goal: To understand your emotions and how to more accurately describe them.
this particular topic many can find extremly difficult and that is perfectly ok Trauma Survivors im sure can all relate to this so things take time so if you find yourself saying you cannot understand them right now no worries in time you eventually will in your own time.
Rather than trying to control what you think or feel, what if you could learn to see that you are merely having thoughts and experiencing emotions? Keep in mind that an emotion is simply a one word description of how you are feeling, such as anxious. A thought can be a description of your emotion-that is, putting it into words, such as I feel anxious. Emotions can be like clouds floating through the sky. You can simply notice them instead of embracing them or activating them.
Emotional Vocabulary Exercise:
Reflect on two problems youve faced recently and the emotions you were feeling at the time. You can look through some emotional vocabulary here Managing Emotions Self Help Guide if you are struggling to name your emotions.
Bonus Activity:
Share your thoughts below to better understand this concept.
Videos you might be interested in - trying to focus on the understand the emotions bit so hope this comes across
Intense Emotions and Healing of Trauma
the 3rd link many of you might find click with you quite instantly.
Questions
How well do you do in Understanding your Emotions?
How well do you do in Sharing how you feel?
Is there anything about this Check In that really spoke to you that you can take away today if so what was it?
Of course the topic is optional just a hi a regular check in is perfectly ok everyone.
Sunday is my Trauma Adult Discussion 2pm ET Topic Session Five - How Trauma/Abuse Affects Adult Survivors then my Teen Trauma session Monday 12pm ET Topic Safety Planning
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@CaringBrit I find it very difficult to share how I feel, so much knotted and twisted together inside, I dont have the words to explain the feelings. I just know they hurt a lot
@crimsonLime6525 i understand did any of the resources i shared like the videoshelp you at all
@CaringBrit the middle video made the most sense to me, feel like less of an idiot for being how I am. And also starting to realise that it
@crimsonLime6525 glad to hear that lime
@CaringBrit
👋 thank you.
Talking about things is really hard and very vulnerable.
@ReallyRuth yw hope you found this topic resourceful
and very true they are hard even just getting a listener 1-1 it could be easier as you know its just you and them etc and its alot easier than face to face
Hi. Just wanting to do the regular check in since I'm kinda freaking out. I have been going to physical therapy and have been getting flashbacks while I'm there and it's getting worse the more I go and I have an appointment today and I'm worried about not being able to move forward with physical care if I stop but my therapist says we can't more forward with addressing my ptsd while I keep getting retraumatized. Stuck in this loop of barriers
@Mashedpotato364
Heyy There Mashed thats fine the topic is optional so no worries there , sorry to hear your freaking out right now as the post you did was 2 hours ago have you attended your appointment yet or still not been yet. if you have been how did it go have you told them it gets worse being there
@CaringBrit
Hi thank you for responding. I did go but i didn't tell them anything because i m.too scared to let them know what is going on with me. i just cried before I went and that helped a little. I wish I could know who to trust so that i can feel more comfortable to tell someone there
@Mashedpotato364 aww i understand that im sure with time youll know who to trust
Thank you for sharing the video links. The first one on Intense Emotions and Healing Trauma spoke to me. I was so glad to hear the speaker acknowledge that emotions are essentially our friends - even depression, dissociation, etc. I truly do not remember hearing this, this way before so it was just what I needed.
I do find it hard to share my emotions. Even those that ask me "How are you doing?" And know my trauma background, don't like to acknowledge that all of our emotions are part of the whole being and quickly want to shut me down when I express any troubles I'm experiencing (not here on 7Cups, but out in society). In that way of being shut down from the outside, I have a tendency to shut down internally.
@WoodViolet im glad to hear you found that video useful and was what you needed at that time
im sorry to hear those outside of 7cups shut you down when you express your feelings thats very wrong of them to do especially since thats how we feel and we should be able to express without being judged
