Posted by Racer on April 29, 2006, at 21:34:47
In reply to Re: Alexithymia, posted by gardenergirl on April 27, 2006, at 13:06:41
I found this one, too, that I like. http://fishyvb.something-fishy.org/htmls/feelings.html
It's got a lot of feelings listed, with some very subtle distinctions between some of them, and differing forms of the same verbs -- disappointing and disappointed, for instance. Some of the feelings are certainly for younger people -- I promise you I will *never* feel "Smokin'" in this lifetime. And -- fair warning -- no spell checker was used in the making of this list... (Although in some cases, another word was correctly spelled, so it wouldn't have mattered -- how often have you felt "Fowl" lately?)
If you use both this list AND the lists from the DBT handouts that GG posted, you'll get a pretty comprehensive list of feelings.
And Fallsfall's idea of Emotional Confetti is brilliant. When I read it, I thought that was a good idea and that I would print the list, but I didn't need to cut it apart, etc. Well, today she and I sat here and cut apart the words and tossed 'em on the floor, and you know what? I really did have to cut them apart and toss them on the floor. They needed to be separate for me to recognize that this one word really did enter into what I was feeling. If they'd been together in a list, I would (and did) start with something like, "I'm feeling sad, so let me find all the sad words on the list." But taking each one separately, as it came up in the pile, allowed me to check whether that word resonated for me. Wonderful exercise.
And a very heartfelt Thank You to Fallsfall, who is a delight as well as having brilliant ideas like this. Thank you, Falls.
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