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E OF REBT
Dr. Sukhada Chimote
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Institute for Psychological Health,
Thane.
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS..

Acceptance

Application
Awareness

Analysis

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EMOTIONS STEM FROM 3 THINGS-

Sensation- Perception

Thinking- Cognition

Behavior- Action
 3 WAYS TO HANDLE EMOTIONS
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Biological: Medicines

Sensory & Motor changes

Eg. Music/ Yoga

Changing our thoughts

First two help us ‘feel’ better.

Working on third helps us ‘get’ better.
 WHAT IS EMOTIONAL AWARENESS?

Experiential component

Expressive component

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 EXPERIENTIAL-EXPRESSIVE CHART
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EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS:

Physiological reactions

Energy levels

Self talk

EXPRESSIVE COMPONENTS:

Body language (expression & gestures)

Behavior

Talk (language/ verbal communication)

 ACCEPTANCE EMOTIONS
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OF

-Personal ownership of both positive and

negative emotions.

-Acceptance is not a passive process.

 OBSTACLES IN ACCEPTANCE
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Denial of emotional component

Looking at negative emotions as ‘personal
weakness’

Refusal to own negative emotions

Pushing off Personal Responsibility

Quest for a solution

Instant

Automatic

Others given, others driven

Permanent
 GENESIS OF EMOTIONS
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Linking of Energy:
(Emovere : to stir up)

Fight = Anger

Flight = Anxiety

Freeze = Depression

Successful Decision = Reactive Relief.

Unsuccessful Decision = Guilt.

Emotions of evolution

Hypothalamic Emotions
 DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTIONS
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Human civilization-

Evolution of Man-Time & Space Orientation

Artifaction

Making instruments

Thumbs Up!

Orientation of ‘SELF’

Abstraction

Biologicalchallenges became refined

Addition of Psychosocial Challenges
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Since Human Civilization is ‘young’, the

conditioning for Biological challenges is much
more ingrained. Hence a common error of
judgment is to take ‘Psychosocial’ challenge as a
‘Biological’ one...