8 of Diamonds
How Do You Feel?

How do you feel?

We all have many emotions that visit throughout the day, some we welcome, some we wait to pass.

Ask yourself how you currently feel. Then think, would I like to keep this feeling or want it to pass?

Identify the feelings you want to get rid of and use some strategies which help them go away.

These strategies could include:

• Writing and drawing them down in a diary or onto a piece of paper to throw away
• Spending time doing things which make you happy, or with people who make you happy
• Starting a new hobby

It is important to keep checking in with yourself to see how you are feeling. Emotions are difficult to understand sometimes, they can make you happy, calm, uncomfortable or sad.

Daily check-ins can allow you to learn about what makes you happy and what does not.

A study found that writing in a diary has multiple benefits, 1 in 2 of those who write in a diary say it helps them relax, and 1 in 3 say they write because it makes them feel better when they are sad. Writing in a diary is a safe space which can help to better understand yourself and your feelings, and to deal with worries and bad thoughts. (reference 1)

How Emotions Help Us
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/understand-emotions.html

Clark, C. and Riad, L. (2022). Children and young people’s diary writing in 2022. [online] National Literacy Trust.
Available at: https://cdn.literacytrust.org.uk/media/documents/Diary_writing_in_2022.pdf [Accessed 23 Aug. 2024].