Expand your emotional vocabulary
As you get better at describing your feelings you will automatically become more attuned to them. Try developing a more expansive vocabulary for your emotions that allows you to make more precise distinctions between your moods. Rather than just relying on everyday labels like ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ make the effort to pinpoint your feelings more precisely by learning some more of the 3000 plus words the English language provides to describe emotions.
Question 7: How easy did you find it to rate yourself on these items?
No, not a trick question. I have already mentioned that CBT loves to measure things, and you will ...
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