What Makes Me Happy And Sad Worksheet
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HappierTherapy
Author bio
The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this ‘What Makes Me Happy and Sad’ worksheet?
The theory behind this worksheet is Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. Psychologist Robert Plutchik proposed a wheel of emotions that includes primary emotions (e.g., joy, sadness, anger) and their combinations to form secondary emotions (e.g., optimism, love, submission). The wheel illustrates relationships between different emotions.
How will this worksheet help you?
This worksheet will help you to reflect on various aspects of your life that evoke emotions of happiness and sadness. You can use Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions to identify and categorize these emotions.
How should you use this worksheet?
Answer the questions to explore and understand the underlying factors contributing to the identified emotions. And it will help to consider how you might enhance or mitigate these emotions in different situations.
