August 7, 2007Shell-Shocked
Roy apologized to Jenny for his verbal attacks during a negotiation the week before, yet Jenny wasn’t ready to reengage. She wasn’t sure why, until she found the word that best described how she felt. She told him,
I still feel shell-shocked.
The right word to describe an experience not only helps the other person understand, it helps the person having the experience figure it out too.
I am creating the beginnings of an emotional vocabulary list and would love your input. My early beginnings are here. http://www.speakstrong.com/articles/speak-strong/emotions.htmlAdd your own in comments.
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Please post your favorite emotional words. Thanks!
Comment by merylrunion — August 7, 2007 @ 11:47 am
Queasy. Say it out loud. Doesn’t it sound just like what it defines? I think it would be a fine addition to your list. And it would flesh out the “Q” section of the list quite nicely.
Comment by John Reinheimer — August 7, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
I have used the word “fragmented” to describe the inability to move forward in a situation, or the inability act due to confusion from spreading oneself too thin (both physically and emotionally).
Comment by Susan Hoopes — August 8, 2007 @ 5:24 am
I have recently used the word admonished and it works very well to convey feeling blamed punished etc. Hope this helps someone else!
Comment by Kara Pratt-Frome — August 8, 2007 @ 8:05 am
Thank you for developing this list. I have found it to be very useful for my parent/child anger management class. One of the sessions specifically focuses on feelings and feeling words and feelings games; surprisingly enough this is where adults, more than children, have the most problems expressing themselves. Once again thank you for starting this list
Comment by Rosie — August 10, 2007 @ 11:10 am
I nominate: pissed, and livid
Comment by Lee Beaumont — May 9, 2008 @ 6:11 pm