Positive Emotions

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Dr Denise Taylor

24 July 2019

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Do you sometimes find it hard to vocalize what emotion you are currently feeling? Some words we know and use a lot, such as happy, sad, frustrated, excited … but there are others. This list, which I will add to helps us to take a wider view of how we are feeling.

What can be helpful is to go through this list and make a note of any that you can easily identify with and use. Then maybe, to think about alternative ones that you could use, and they may be a better fit? Try them on for size, play with them and broaden your range of positive emotions.

  • Appreciative
  • Absorbed
  • Accepting
  • Admiration
  • Affected
  • Affectionate
  • Alive
  • Amazed
  • Animated
  • Awesome
  • At Ease
  • Attracted
  • Blessed
  • Bold
  • Brave
  • Bright
  • Blissful
  • Calm
  • Certain
  • Certain
  • Challenged
  • Cheerful
  • Clever
  • Comfortable
  • Comforted
  • Concerned
  • Confident
  • Considerate
  • Content
  • Courageous
  • Centered
  • Curious
  • Daring
  • Delighted
  • Determined
  • Devoted
  • Dynamic
  • Enough
  • Eager
  • Earnest
  • Easy
  • Ecstatic
  • Elated
  • Encouraged
  • Energetic
  • Engrossed
  • Enthusiastic
  • Excited
  • Enlightened
  • Fascinated
  • Festive
  • Fortunate
  • Free
  • Grace
  • Glad
  • Good
  • Great
  • Grateful
  • Happy
  • Hopeful
  • Important
  • Impulsive
  • Impulsive
  • Inquisitive
  • Inspired
  • Intent
  • Interested
  • Intrigued
  • Joyous
  • Jubilant
  • Joyful
  • Keen
  • Kind
  • Liberated
  • Lovable
  • Love
  • Loved
  • Loving
  • Lucky
  • Lovely
  • Magic
  • Nurtured
  • Observant
  • Open
  • Optimistic
  • Overjoyed
  • Passionate
  • Peaceful
  • Playful
  • Pleased
  • Positive
  • Provocative
  • Quiet
  • Reassured
  • Rebellious
  • Receptive
  • Re-Enforced
  • Relaxed
  • Reliable
  • Satisfied
  • Satisfied
  • Secure
  • Sensitive
  • Serene
  • Snoopy
  • Spirited
  • Strong
  • Sunny
  • Sure
  • Surprised
  • Sympathetic
  • Sympathy
  • Tenacious
  • Tender
  • Thankful
  • Thrilled
  • Touched
  • Understanding
  • Unique
  • Warm
  • Wild
  • Wonderful
  • Worthy
  • Zany
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