Emotions
Nature and importance
Emotions and feelings
1. A state that involves reactions to events.
2. Emotions can be conscious and unconscious.
3. Feelings are conscious experiences of emotions.
4. Sometimes, it gets difficult to define what we are experiencing or feeling in the
moment.
Why emotions are important?
1. Adaptive
2. Social communication
3. Call for action
Call for action
Nature of emotions
1. Triggered by stimulus
2. Cognitive component
3. Physiological component
4. Behavioral component
Where would you like to stay?
Physiological component
1. Neurotransmitters –
a. Dopamine and endorphin- pleasurable emotions
b. Serotonin and norepinephrine- anger and fear
2. Brain Hemispheres and emotions-
c. Left hemisphere- positive emotions,
d. right hemisphere- negative emotions
3. Autonomic and hormonal processes-
e. Flight or fight response- sympathetic nervous system + endocrine system
f. SNS- arousal of muscles and organs of body
g. Endocrine system releases stress hormones- cortisol,epinephrine- keeps the body aroused
Wellbeing- mental health
1. Biological
2. Psychological
3. Environmental
Mental health
hygiene
How to maintain an emotional hygiene and take care of yourself
The need?
The work of hygiene is simple, to take responsibility and reduce the bigger effects of
the emotional injury--- for example, if you deal with feelings of
loneliness/rejection/loss here and now, it can help us reduce the risk of later--- bigger
emotions… not to say that any emotion is easy to deal with, but avoiding what is
bothering us today, will create bigger problems for us in future
Mental Health Hygiene
Biological Psychological
Factors Factors Social Factors
● Eat healthy - don’t skip ● Build emotional resilience ● Develop close and
meals ● Practise self-care authentic social
● Sleep 7-8 hours ● Practise self-compassion relationships
● Exercise 4-5 times a week ● Practise meditation and ● Spend quality time with
● Take care of your physical mindfulness loved ones - near or far
health ● Practise gratitude ● Build sub-communities
● Include all the senses ● Journaling (running, book clubs,
● Avoid alcohol, nicotine ● Maintaining boundaries football, music, dance etc)
and other drugs ● Pay attention to signs of ● Practise mutual respect
stress and support
● Talk to a therapist ● Common humanity
Self care AND self compassion: Why
is it Important?
Practising self-care results in: Not practising self-care results in:
● Higher productivity ● Stress
● More energy ● Mental illness
● Sharper focus ● Physical illness
● Elevated mood ● Absenteeism from work
● Better relationships ● Social withdrawal
● More success romantically ● Strained relationships
● Making more money ● Low energy
● Living longer ● Low motivation
Self compassion and self care
● Know yourself
● Speak yourself
● Love yourself
automatic negative thoughts ?-ask
self
a. Who sold me these thoughts? who told me these things?- thoughts and ideas are sold to
us by society, people, religious leaders, movies, songs, anything and everything which we
can think of.
b. is this thought helping me?
c. is this thought healthy to me?
d. is this thought harming anyone else?
e. will it be better to leave it?
“Happiness is not dependent on circumstances
being exactly as we want them to be, or on
ourselves being exactly as we’d like to be.
Rather, happiness stems from loving ourselves
and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that
joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and
failure are all essential to the full human
experience.” - Kristin Neff
Resources
1. iCall Helpline - (Mon-Sat, 10am -8pm) - 9152987821
2. NIMHANS (24/7) - 080-46110007
3. Kiran - DEPwD Helpline (24/7)- 1800-599-0019
4. Fortis Mental health (24/7) - +91 - 8376804102
5. Aasra (24/7) - +91 9820466726
6. Vandrevala Foundation (24/7) - 1860-266-2345
7. Sneha (Mon-Sat, 10am - 6pm) - 9833052684
8. SAHAI (Mon-Sat, 10am - 8pm) - 080-25497777
9. Parivartan (Mon-Fri, 1pm -10pm) - +91 7676602602
Praggapti Ghosh,
Founder and Counselling Psychologist,
Manasija Mann Se
QPR Gatekeeper, SPIF
Mobile- 8851611686
Instagram ID- @manasija_
contactmanasija@gmail.com praggaptighosh@gmail.com
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