IDENTIFY AND EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Read the first 5 incomplete statements below, one at a time, and fill up the ‘blanks’ with a suitable feeling word
based on your own experience. You may want to refer to the hand out, ‘A list of Feelings’ to choose the appropriate feeling word.

2. Share the first completed statement to your group and listen to others. No discussion please. Just enjoy the differences // Repeat the
same procedure for 2, 3, 4 and 5.

3. Wait for further instructions.

INCOMPLETE STATEMENTS

1. When I walk into a room of strangers, I feel ……………

2. When the instructor calls on me in class, I feel…………
3. When someone cuts in front of me in a queue, I feel …..
4. The night before on examination, I feel …….
5. When I get a letter from a close friend, I feel …..
6. When I must give a talk in front of an audience, I feel ….
7. When I forget a close friend’s birthday, I feel …..
8. After I speak angrily to my parents, I feel ….
9. When someone refuses to hear my side of the story, I feel …
10. In a meeting, when my views are ignored, I feel ….

A LIST OF FEELINGS

I feel.........
APPRECIATED - BUBBLY - CONFIDENT - GRATEFUL - HAPPY - PROUD - RESPECTED - SATISFIED - SURPRISED -
SYMPATHETIC - TRUSTED - THANKFUL - THRILLED - UNDERSTOOD – CHALLENGED - CHEERFUL - COMFORTABLE
- CURIOUS - DELIGHTED - ENTHUSIASTIC - ENCOURAGED - EXHILARATED - HOPEFUL - INSPIRED - INTERESTED -
JOYFUL - LUCKY - NEEDED - OPTIMISTIC - PURPOSEFUL - PEACEFUL - ENLIGHTEND - FULFILLED

FEELINGS ARE NEITHFR GOOD NOR BAD, THEY JUST ARE.

I feel.........
ANGRY - ANNOYED - CORNERED - CONFUSED - DEJECTED - DISAPPOINTED - DIFIDENT - FRUSTRATED - GUILTY -
HURT - PRESSURED - PUT DOWN - REJECTED - RESTLESS - DISCOURAGED - DISGUSTED - EMBARASSED - FEARFUL
- FRIGHTENED - INSECURE - IRRITATED - INDIFFERENT - JEALOUS – LONELY- MANIPULATED - PESSIMISTIC -
PARALYZED - SHOCKED - SAD - THREATENED - UNWANTED - VULNERABLE - WORRIED - WORTHLESS

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION-OBSERVATION

When the exercise is completed, share your reactions. Did you feel a difference between the way you
communicated now and the way you ordinarily communicate?

NOTES: It is easier to express thoughts than feelings. Some people can not say what they are feeling: they
say what they think, not what they feel. Some foil to express any feelings. And some don’t know what they
are feeling. By practicing ‘feeling talk’, you can become more alive, more sensitive to your own feelings and
more open to the feelings of others.