Emotion Word List & How Feelings Show Up- Free PDF

Emo­tions and feel­ings — we all have them, but it’s often hard to describe or even name them. Thanks to the ani­mat­ed film indus­try, feel­ings are becom­ing more in the spot­light, due to movies such as Inside Out, Inside Out 2, Coco, and Encan­to. These films have increased aware­ness of dif­fer­ent types of emo­tions such as sad­ness, hap­pi­ness, anger, embar­rass­ment, anx­i­ety, grief, shame, and ner­vous­ness. But, there are more words than just this feel­ing list! Below you will see an emo­tion word list, as well as two categories—keeping feel­ings inside and/or act­ing feel­ings out—of ways that peo­ple respond to their feel­ings. Check it out below, share, and save a copy for your­self!

Feeling List or Feeling Word List

Feel­ings List & How The Feel­ings Show Up — Female out­line

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Emotions List PDF free

Feel­ings List & How The Feel­ings Show Up — Male out­line

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Horrible feelings that won’t go away

You’ve spent time review­ing this list and try­ing to name your feel­ings. Research from UCLA’s Dr. Dan Siegle sug­gests that by nam­ing your expe­ri­ence, you’re able to have a feel­ing of more con­trol over it—a prin­ci­ple called “Name it to Tame it.” You may have even caught your­self keep­ing your emo­tions inside or act­ing out on your feel­ings, but you just can’t quite get it.

Ther­a­py is a great option for peo­ple in your sit­u­a­tion. Ther­a­py can be a short-term approach to learn­ing and imple­ment­ing strate­gies to man­age your feel­ings. Reach out today to increase your abil­i­ty to both name and man­age your emo­tions.