If you are going through a difficult period during which you experience many different emotions you can mark them all each time you feel a new emotion.

Take out your copy of the wheel of feelings and either mark or find the emotion/s that best describe what you are feeling. In fact, you can even have positive and negative emotions at the same time. The emotions and feelings in the wheel can exist in many combinations. Since you can experience different emotions at the same time you might be looking for more than one emotion to describe your feelings. To print an additional copy, see the feeling wheel PDF version below. You can also keep a copy of the emotions wheel in your journal if you want to use it when writing about your feelings. It is much for effective to use it while you are feeling the emotion than later on after it passes when you might not recall exactly what you felt. You might want to carry a copy of the Gloria Wilcox feelings wheel with you for times you are feeling emotions you want to better understand.

Are you hurt, feeling inadequate, humiliated, angry, or anxious? Each emotion will need to be addressed in a different way. For example, if you are feeling sad, you can use the wheel to describe the kind of sadness you are feeling. Once you can identify them, then you can address and resolve them. Use the feelings wheel to identify the specific feelings and emotions you are experiencing at any given moment. Since there are thousands of emotions, people often find it difficult to express their feelings. The feelings wheel helps people describe their feelings and identify their emotions with more accuracy. Gloria Willcox to help clients expand their emotion vocabulary.

Color wheel for emotions