The Difference Between Emotions & Feelings

Hi, my name is James, and I'm a kid just like you. I live in a house with my dad, mom, my sister Chloe, and my dog Rex. I love playing with my friends and watching awesome action movies. Every day, I experience many different feelings. My dad, mom, Chloe, and even Rex experience feelings too. In fact, every person around the whole world experiences different feelings, both pleasant and unpleasant. And that's totally cool! In this video, I'm going to take you on a journey to show you more about feelings and, of course, how to take charge of them. This is my living room, and here's Chloe. The first part of our wonderful journey is learning what feelings are. "Hi! How do you feel today, Chloe?" "Uh, I feel happy." "Great! I feel pretty happy too. Happiness is one of the six big emotions. What are emotions? Emotions are mental states which produce all sorts of feelings. They usually affect how you react. For example, what were you doing before you came to the living room?" "I was eating ice cream." "And what did the ice cream make you feel inside?" "Happy because I love ice cream so much!" "Me too! So you were filled with the emotion happiness inside and reacted happily." "I guess so, but I was also excited. Is that an emotion too?" "Not quite. Being excited is a feeling caused by happiness. Happiness can produce feelings of being excited, eager, comfortable, and many other feelings related to it." "I think I get it. Like the emotion anger can make you feel upset, bothered, furious, or anything related to it." "Right! Want to help me show my friends the six big emotions?" "Sure! Come on! The six big emotions include happiness, surprise, disgust, anger, sadness, and fear. Can you feel more than one at the same time?" "You sure can! But before we go there, let's talk about what each one is individually. Why are we here?" "Because we're talking about happiness. Doesn't a soccer field make you feel happy?" "Not really." "Oh, that's okay. Happiness is different for everybody, but it's always a pleasant emotion that makes you laugh, smile, have fun, and feel feelings like joy, excitement, or safety. Like when I ate ice cream! Remember last Christmas when we got Rex as a present?" "I loved that Christmas!" "Yeah, it was fun! How did opening that present make you feel?" "Super surprised, but a good surprise!" "I know, right? Surprise can be a pleasant or unpleasant emotion, depending on what you're being surprised with. It takes you by shock and it's your reaction to something you aren't expecting. It can make you feel shocked, startled, or amazed." "Wait, how did we get to a coffee shop?" "We teleported. We need to talk about how gross coffee is. But don't you know mom and dad love coffee?" "That's true. Most emotions are different for people, especially disgust." "Oh, it's that word again. What does it mean?" "Disgust is when you dislike something and find it gross, nasty, or disgusting. It can be something you smell, taste, or see and it may make you want to throw up. This emotion is different for people since we all like different things." "Now we're in mom's conference room. What emotion will we talk about now?" "Well, what does this room make you feel?" "I felt angry once because mom couldn't hear me, but then I realized she had her headphones on. Then she talked to me about it and apologized. I felt happy afterwards." "Yeah, sometimes anger can be caused by a misunderstanding. If you've ever felt like you were going to explode, it was probably anger. Anger comes when something you don't like happens, like when someone breaks your toy or somebody does something unfair. Anger can also make you feel annoyed, frustrated, or just upset." "What are you doing now?" "Oh, haha, my experiment didn't work. How does that make you feel?" "Sad and embarrassed." "Oh, I see what you're doing. Sad is another emotion, right?" "Yeah, when you feel sad, you might want to cry or be alone. These types of feelings can happen when you lose a pet, toy, are called names at school, or in my case, fail your lab experiment." "Oh, it's my favorite camp." "Yeah, we came here last summer. It was scary at first because we heard a loud sound." "Yeah, but then we found out it was just our friend Josh. He was being so silly." "Yeah, Josh was funny. When you think you're in danger or something bad might happen, you experience fear. If you see a big spider, you might feel afraid. Even presenting something in class can make you feel this way. You may jump, get goose bumps, or stomach aches." "We have finally reached the end of our journey. Thanks for hopping along, Chloe." "You're welcome. Remember, all emotions are natural and healthy. To take charge of them, we must first identify them. Try this warm up before you go. Simply match the emotion to the story. The first one says, 'I fell down at the park and scraped my knee. I'm hurt and can feel tears running down my face.' What emotion matches this?" "Sadness." "You're doing great. What about this story? 'The garbage truck passed by and left my neighborhood smelly. It was gross.' What emotion is this?" "Disgust." "Right. 'We got our doggy Rex last Christmas. We had no clue and it was shocking.' What does this emotion sound like?" "Surprise." "Let's look at the next one. 'I played hide and seek with my sister. She scared me behind the curtains. It frightened me a little bit and I got goose bumps.' What does this sound like?" "Fear." "Great job. Let's do these last two. 'My parents rewarded us with candy for listening to them. We were so excited to pick them out.' What's this emotion?" "Happiness." "Right. Let's try this one. 'I dropped my lollipop on the floor and it cracked. I felt very upset.' What does this sound like?" "Anger." "Great job. Well, that's it for my journey. I hope you guys learned a little something. I'll see you in another video from Mandy Keds. Making your needs fun. Bye."