Module 1

Validating
Feelings &
Normalizing
Emotions
Lesson
Objectives
• Identify feelings/reactions related to the
pandemic/any form of disaster

• Accept that all feelings and reactions are

normal and valid
HOW ARE
YOU?
So how are you? Are you okay,
not okay? Were you not okay
three months ago but okay
now? Were you okay at the
start but okay now?
Instructions
Using a sheet of paper, create a graph or a
pie chart of feelings /emotions that you
have or may have had during all the crisis
situations that you experienced.
On the x-axis, write down each
of the feelings/emotions.
On the y-axis, write the numbers
25, 50, 75 and 100 to represent
the percentage of time that you
were feeling that way.
Instructions

Rate each
emotion/feeling based
on how much or how
often you would feel that
way over the past few
months/weeks/days.
What feelings did you
identify?
What did you notice about your reactions
to the different situations? Are these
normal reactions to everything that you
experienced?
 “When Terrible Things Happen”
from the National Child Traumatic
Stress Network (NCTSN)
https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resource
s//pfa_when_terrible_things_happen.pdf
TAKE NOTE:
Our reactions to the
pandemic, to any stressful event
or disaster are normal and valid.

How can you apply this learning

to your life especially because
the pandemic is not yet over?
Thank
You!
See you in our next session!