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Task 48. How do you understand the expression "laughter heals"? Tell us if you have had such cases.

Answer. Laughter, according to scientific research, first appeared more than 10 million years ago, and even then not in humans, but in great apes. But when we laugh, we hardly think about how we would express our joy and pleasure now, if laughter had not been born one day. After all, the ability to smile and, moreover, to laugh, is given to us from nature as an inheritance, and for nothing. Having said a good joke, we are immediately morally satisfied with the person's reaction: the wider the smile and the longer the laugh, the more pleasant it is for us. This means that it is more pleasant for the body.

So what happens in the body when we laugh? This is what happens: when you laugh, “useful” impulses are sent to the body from the muscles of the face. They not only have a beneficial effect on our nervous system but also relieve stress. Even a fake, feigned smile brings a little relief to a person, what can we say about a sincere one? Merry fellows and laugh-lovers are much less likely to suffer from heart diseases than severe unsociable ones. This is because the heart cells are strengthened with laughter. But, of course, measure is needed in everything.

Another one important detail: there is some connection between intelligence and humor, albeit an indirect one - the higher the IQ, the better a person understands jokes and jokes himself.

The hormone of joy, possesses amazing property smooth out wrinkles on the face. And also - to smooth out sharp corners. And the most important thing is to resolve any conflicts, because humor is our most formidable peaceful "weapon".

Task 49. Prepare sketches without words on the following topics: "Joy", "Chagrin", "Shame".

Joy - when meeting friends.

Chagrin - a glass of water poured onto the notebook.

Shame - the boy drew something in his deskmate's textbook.

Task 50. Tell: What makes you sad? When are you happy? What day do you think is good? When is a person ashamed? When is he happy? What does the expression “the soul hurts” mean?

It saddens me that forests are burning every day, waste is dumped into rivers and lakes, and their habitats are taken away from animals.

I am happy when I get good grades, I win in sports competitions when my grandparents come.

I consider it a good day when everyone is happy in our family.

A person is ashamed of his actions, which bring experiences and suffering to someone.

He is happy when all the students in his grade 4 and 5 passed the exams.

The soul hurts - the person is worried about any reason. Worries about someone or something. This is when you got hurt a lot. A person is worried about any reason. something prevents you from living normally, and not worrying about something or someone.

Task 51. Give examples of pieces of music that evoke different emotions: joy, sadness, calmness.

Answer. Serenity - "Moonlight Sonata" - Beethoven, Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" ("Rhapsody in Blues"),

Joy - "Flight of the Bumblebee" - Nikolai Rimsky, Mozart "Lacrimosa",

Sadness - "Saint-saens" Swan ".

Human emotion story outline:

1. What are emotions

2. Types of emotions

3. Influence of emotions on human health

4. How to manage emotions

Task 52. Underlines of the word denoting negative emotions person.

Answer. Anxiety, grief, anger, horror, despair, annoyance, resentment, fear.

Task 53. Think of a situation on any of the topics: "We were happy ..."; "We were surprised ...", "We were offended ...".

Answer. Today we were glad when we learned that our school took first place in the competition.

We were surprised when we learned that water can also cause fire.

We were offended when we were told that we did not work well enough at the clean-up day.

Task 54. Write down positive emotions, opposite to those listed.

Hatred is love;

Despair is delight;

Sorrow is jubilation;

Sadness is joy;

Disappointment is excitement.

Task 55. Write what feelings the heroes of fairy tales A.S. Pushkin. Explain which words in the text help us understand this.

1. The king is sad, worried, falls into despair. It helps to understand - the word “grieves”.

2. Joy, delight, exultation. Helps to understand the word "wept".

3. Despair, sadness. Helps to understand the word "eats".

4. Dislike. Helps to understand the words "angry, envy".

Question. How was task 10 completed? Check only one statement.

Quickly, correctly, independently. (+)

Task 56. Color the circles - convey the emotional state of a person:

1) Crying;

2) Is scared;

3) is sick;

4) Received an A;

5) Won the competition;

6) Met a friend;

7) Fought;

8) Broke the cup.

Question. Write down what will upset and what will make your parents happy.

Answer. Will upset: got a deuce, fought, told a lie.

Will please: got an A, won the competition, cleaned the house.

Let's work on the project

Project Topics

2. Human feelings in paintings.

3. Emotions of animals in drawings and photographs.

1. Can a person live without feelings? This question sooner or later it occurs in every person. Should you replace emotions with reason? In the world you can find thousands of people who believe that life is worth living, including common sense, because it is calmer and more stable this way. Others, on the contrary, cannot imagine their life without constant bright outbursts of emotions. As always, the truth is somewhere in between. Let's find out how to try to balance these two opposites: rationality and emotionality? It is common for every person to be afraid of something and to doubt something. A cold mind often "helps" us out: it protects us from tragedies, helps us to comprehend difficult situations and come to a certain conclusion. A life without feelings saves us from disappointment, but it also does not allow us to sincerely rejoice. Can a person live without feelings? Definitely - it cannot. That's why we and humans are to show emotions.

Can a person live without feelings? We are not robots, each of us constantly experiences various emotions. Reason is given to people so that they know how to show emotions. Anger, joy, love, fear, sadness - who is not familiar with all these feelings? The characterization of human feelings is very broad and multifaceted. It's just that people manifest them in different ways. Someone immediately throws out all their joy or anger on others, while someone hides their emotions very deeply. We became afraid to show our feelings even to the closest people. Very often, in pursuit of a prosperous life, we forget about our emotional state. Many people really try to hide their feelings as far as possible. V modern society it is believed that the ability to show emotions is a sign of weakness. A person who has feelings will always be more vulnerable than a person who has everything based on calculation. But at the same time emotional person may be happier than a rationalist.

Example 1. V. Vasnetsov, "Alenushka" This Russian fairy tale is familiar to many children from childhood. The mischievous Ivanushka drank some water from a puddle and became a kid. His sister Alyonushka warns about what may happen, but her brother does not heed her. When this happens to Ivan, the sister experiences feelings of grief, hopelessness, despair, grief and sadness. In the picture she is depicted by the pond on a "combustible" stone. Hiding from human eyes, the girl experiences a complex range of emotions, skillfully shown by the artist.

Example 2. K. Bryullov, "Horsewoman" Feelings of a person in paintings can be expressed in different ways. Bryullov's painting depicts a young beauty riding a horse to the veranda of the house. She is greeted by dogs and a little girl. The whole picture is imbued with emotions: a sense of the joy of meeting, admiration for the festive variety and adoration of life in its brightest manifestations of beauty and grace.

Example 3.I. Aivazovsky, "The Ninth Wave" Human feelings in paintings can be expressed through the depiction of natural phenomena. So, in the painting by Aivazovsky, we see a feeling of strength, power and power of nature. At the same time, the realization of the insignificance of everything human before the elements comes to mind. The artist embodies such a complex storm of feelings in this work.

Emotions of animals include surprise, and sadness, and joy, and experience, and modesty, and in general a complete set, so similar to ours with you. There is even a special difference in favor of our smaller brothers - their faces look so cute when they try to portray something.

1. Can a person live without feelings? This question sooner or later arises in every person. Should you replace emotions with reason? In the world you can find thousands of people who believe that life is worth living, including common sense, because it is calmer and more stable this way. Others, on the contrary, cannot imagine their life without constant bright outbursts of emotions. As always, the truth is somewhere in between. Let's find out how to try to balance these two opposites: rationality and emotionality? It is common for every person to be afraid of something and to doubt something. A cold mind often "helps" us out: it protects us from tragedies, helps us to comprehend difficult situations and come to a certain conclusion. A life without feelings saves us from disappointment, but it also does not allow us to sincerely rejoice. Can a person live without feelings? Definitely - it cannot. That's why we and humans are to show emotions.
Can a person live without feelings? We are not robots, each of us constantly experiences various emotions. Reason is given to people so that they know how to show emotions. Anger, joy, love, fear, sadness - who is not familiar with all these feelings? The characterization of human feelings is very broad and multifaceted. It's just that people manifest them in different ways. Someone immediately throws out all their joy or anger on others, while someone hides their emotions very deeply. We became afraid to show our feelings even to the closest people. Very often, in pursuit of a prosperous life, we forget about our emotional state. Many people really try to hide their feelings as far as possible. In modern society, it is believed that the ability to show emotions is a sign of weakness. A person who has feelings will always be more vulnerable than a person who has everything based on calculation. But at the same time, an emotional person can be happier than a rationalist.

2. Creative people are most susceptible to emotions. Some of the artists prefer to live "walking wide" with "wide open eyes and souls." And some of them successfully sublimate human feelings in paintings. Let's take an example of one of these pictures describing such emotions.
Example 1. V. Vasnetsov, "Alenushka" This Russian fairy tale is familiar to many children from childhood. The mischievous Ivanushka drank some water from a puddle and became a kid. His sister Alyonushka warns about what may happen, but her brother does not heed her. When this happens to Ivan, the sister experiences feelings of grief, hopelessness, despair, grief and sadness. In the picture she is depicted by the pond on a "combustible" stone. Hiding from human eyes, the girl experiences a complex range of emotions, skillfully shown by the artist.

3. We are accustomed to the fact that when it comes to emotions, ranging from deep sadness to endless joy, they mean a person. It would seem that what other creature can reflect its feelings outwardly so coolly. Well, not only humans really have this ability - animals are also endowed with it. It seems unrealistic, but just look at all the different expressions of their "faces".
Emotions of animals include surprise, and sadness, and joy, and experience, and modesty, and in general a complete set, so similar to ours with you. There is even a special difference in favor of our smaller brothers - their faces look so cute when they try to portray something.

Can a person live without feelings? This question sooner or later arises in every person. Should you replace emotions with reason? In the world you can find thousands of people who believe that life is worth living, including common sense, because it is calmer and more stable this way. Others, on the contrary, cannot imagine their life without constant bright outbursts of emotions. As always, the truth is somewhere in between. Let's find out how to try to balance these two antipodes: rationality and emotionality?

Intelligence

It is common for every person to be afraid of something and to doubt something. A cold mind often "helps" us out: it protects us from tragedies, helps us to comprehend difficult situations and come to a certain conclusion. A life without feelings saves us from disappointment, but it also does not allow us to sincerely rejoice. Can a person live without feelings? Definitely - it cannot. That's why we and humans are to show emotions.

Another thing is that inside us there is a constant struggle between reason and feelings. A person is not perfect, he has to think about what to do almost every day. Very often we react to this or that situation, guided by generally accepted rules.

For example, if our boss unfairly criticizes us, then we, as a rule, do not react very violently, but agree or calmly try to justify ourselves. With this scenario, the mind wins, which awakens the instinct of self-preservation in us. Of course, feelings in a person's life play an important role, but being able to control them if necessary - good quality.

The senses

In our time, the expression of feelings is not considered "fashionable". If a guy sings songs under the balcony of his beloved, then this is more likely to be called eccentricity, and not a manifestation of the most sincere feelings. We became afraid to show our feelings even to the closest people. Very often, in pursuit of a prosperous life, we forget about our emotional state. Many people really try to hide their feelings as far as possible. In modern society, it is believed that the ability to show emotions is a sign of weakness. A person who has feelings will always be more vulnerable than a person who has everything based on calculation. But at the same time, an emotional person can be happier than a rationalist.

Various emotions can bring both great happiness and excruciating pain. Can a person live without feelings? It cannot and should not! If you can feel, then you are living interesting life... Know how to rejoice in simple things, not to be upset over trifles and look at the world with optimism. If you can “make friends” with your emotional and rational “I”, then you will definitely achieve harmony and happiness.

This essay is a follow-up to the previous essay on "Don't Feel"
There were interesting discussions in the comments, and I decided to expand on the topic in more detail.

Surely you have met with the opinion that:
“Do you really need feelings? Or they have only problems "
"I'm safer and calmer without feelings"
"I'd rather be insensitive than suffer and suffer so much."

Indeed, when a person finds himself in a situation that feelings are too strong and unbearable, or when it is unsafe to show this or that feeling, especially if this situation lasts a long time, he may decide not to feel.
Very often, such a decision is made precisely in childhood - when a child finds himself in an emotionally unbearable situation, or when a particular feeling is in parental home under the ban (in the first part there was a description of the exercise "You run into the parental home")

Therefore, today we will talk about why feelings are needed and how you can learn to feel again.

About emotions and feelings
It is customary to use both the word "emotion" and the word "feeling". Are these concepts different?

Emotions and feelings differ in time and depth.
Emotions are situational, quickly arise and pass
Feelings are long-lasting and deep.

For example:
You can love a person (this feeling, it lasts a long time)
And right now you can feel anger towards this person (this is an emotion)

Basic emotions and feelings
In psychology, basic emotions / feelings are distinguished - which are inherent in people different levels development and different cultures.
The list is slightly different in different directions.

For example, there are 4 basic emotions in transactional analysis:
joy
fear
anger
sadness

By the way, if you look at animals, then these emotions can also be experienced by animals. A cat or a dog can be happy, afraid, angry or sad.

There is another list of 7 basic emotions.
Interest
Joy
Sadness
Anger (anger)
Fear
Disgust
Astonishment

The rest of the emotions and feelings are "compound" are based on basic emotions, as well as thoughts, beliefs, assessments, and so on.
For example, feelings of shame or guilt - may be based on fear of rejection, assessments “I am bad, something is wrong with me, I’m doing wrong”, beliefs “if I am bad / do this, I will be rejected”, and thoughts "I urgently need to correct myself / my actions"

Who controls the senses
Feelings and emotions are not directly controlled by consciousness.
They arise as a response to a particular life situation, when needs are met or not met.

What kind of feeling will arise depends on the characteristics of the person himself.
In the same situation, one person can get scared and another get angry.
This may depend on innate characteristics, as well as on decisions made in childhood - a person could decide that it is impossible to get angry and defend himself, it will be safer to hide and run away.
In childhood, a child "learns" from his parents - in what situations one can feel this or that. For example, it can learn to feel guilty or suffer - because older family members have done this, sometimes for many generations.

What are feelings for, and isn't it easier to do without them?

1. In order to feel alive. I have repeatedly heard from people who repress and forbid themselves feelings that they feel like robots, human functions - who simply perform certain actions, and life seems to pass by.
2. To feel the joy of life. If a person forbids himself to be angry or sad, then the range of feelings decreases, and he ceases to experience joy and happiness. Life becomes gray and insipid, tasteless.
3. Feelings and emotions are important signals. They indicate that an important need is not being met and something is going wrong.

Living without feelings and emotions is like traveling through to an unfamiliar city with closed eyes ... Theoretically, it is possible to travel from point A to point B. But there is no fullness of impressions, there is no joy from what he saw, and you can get lost and go in the wrong place. In addition, you may miss something important or miss the danger.

What to do, how to learn to feel again

Method 1. Acceptance and awareness
Don't fight emotions and feelings. If they are, then they are needed for something (even if at the level of consciousness it is not clear for what now)
Instead of evaluating (right or wrong, good or bad emotion-feeling) - just let it be.
Give the emotions-feelings a place and a time, watch them with acceptance, allow yourself to be aware and feel them.
Emotions and feelings are usually "reflected" in the body - as unpleasant sensations, tension. Most often in the face, arms, torso.
You can observe these sensations, and your emotions and feelings, without evaluating them in any way.

Here it is important not to run away to do something as soon as emotions-feelings arose, but to be with them for a while, allow yourself to feel and live them.
While you are doing this, you may just come to understand with what your need these emotions-feelings are connected.

I usually show my clients this way of observing:
1. To notice that there is an emotion-feeling. If possible, name it. For example, "I am currently experiencing anxiety."
2. Pay attention to where the emotion-feeling is reflected in the body
3. Consciously observe him, directing attention to the area of the body where this emotion-feeling is reflected.
4. You can metaphorically direct your breath to this area of the body. Concentrating on the breath helps you stay in the process and stay mindful.
(I developed this method from the methods of Ericksonian hypnosis, psychosynthesis, body-oriented therapy and the direction of mindfulness)

When you stop fighting your emotions and feelings, you establish good contact with them.
If this is a short-lived emotion, then by observing and feeling, you can live it completely, and it will go away, making room for something else.
If this is a long-term feeling that regularly arises, then you can understand what it indicates and find new options for yourself.

Method 2. Drawing and art therapy
You can draw your feelings. It will also be about accepting and experiencing the senses.
It is very easy to do this:
You can draw on a sheet - A4 format works well
Or you can draw in a circle (mandala)

From materials you can take what is at hand: pencils, pastels, paints. Felt-tip pens and colored pens are not very good, but if there is nothing, then it is possible with them. You can even use a single-color pen or simple pencil, if there is nothing else, but you want to express your feelings right now.

Choose a time-place where no one will distract you for 5-10 minutes, and draw your feeling on paper. It is better if it is an abstract drawing (without specific objects, symbols and forms) - color spots, stamps, lines.

The material also matters.
For example, my client painted her anger at her parents with colored pastels. She said that she wanted to press very hard on the pastels, and in the process, pastel pencils often broke. And it also helped her express her feelings.

After you have drawn, you can tear the sheet and throw away the scraps, and in this action, too, symbolically put your feelings in order to react.

What to do if feelings are flooded
The paradox is that if you fight these feelings and forbid yourself to them, then the flooding will happen even faster.
When you observe your feelings or draw them, then to some extent you dis-identify with them, you stop completely immersing yourself in them. Because there is one part of you that draws or senses, and the second part that observes and is aware.
If you are trying to stop the "unwanted" feeling, then the internal conflict and from this the tension only grows. You lose awareness, become a direct participant in the conflict, begin to scold yourself for the “wrong” feeling, fight with yourself, evaluate your feeling and yourself as “wrong, inappropriate” - and from this you immerse yourself in experiences even more. For example, you may feel guilty about feeling the wrong, inappropriate feeling, which further aggravates the condition.

I invite you to discuss in the comments!

Intelligence

For example, if our boss unfairly criticizes us, then we, as a rule, do not react very violently, but agree or calmly try to justify ourselves. With this scenario, the mind wins, which awakens in us. Of course, feelings play an important role, but being able to control them if necessary is a good quality.

The senses

Various emotions can bring both great happiness and excruciating pain. Can a person live without feelings? It cannot and should not! If you can feel, then you are living an interesting life. Know how to rejoice in simple things, not to be upset over trifles and look at the world with optimism. If you can “make friends” with your emotional and rational “I”, then you will definitely achieve harmony and happiness.