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CONNECTIONS Between Thoughts,

Feelings, and Behaviors

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CONNECTIONS BRAINSTOR Between Thoughts,

Feelings, and Behaviors

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What is Thought?
Thought is the process of using your mind to
consider something. It can also be the product
of that process: an idea or just the thing you're
thinking about. Thought can also refer to the
organized beliefs of a period, individual, or
group.

“We are what our thoughts have made us; so

take care about what you think.”

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“ Feelings are emotions such as happy, sad, mad,

frustrated, surprised, anxious, etc.  They can be

WHAT ARE
FEELINGS?
experienced in varying degrees of intensity and
usually have a physical sensation attached.

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WHAT IS HUMAN
BEHAVIOR?
Behaviors are simply the actions we
take.  We choose how we are going
to behave.  Behavior can be classified
as right or wrong, healthy or
unhealthy, appropriate or
inappropriate.

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CONNECTIONS BRAINSTOR Between Thoughts,

Feelings, and Behaviors

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Our thoughts create our feelings and our

feelings drive our behavior. Let’s take a simple
example.  If I like being outside near water and
enjoy swimming, the thought of going to a
pool makes me feel happy.  These thoughts
and feelings are going to lead me to plan
activities that include swimming.  However, if
the thought of being near water scares my
friend, she will avoid swimming.  The same
experience (swimming) viewed differently by
The each of us (thoughts) causes different emotions
(happiness or scared) which leads to different

Connection behaviors (going to the pool or not).  Neither

one of us is right or wrong.  We simply have
differing ideas about what is fun (or not)!

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Pause and

Think
If we can pause and identify our
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors,
we might learn important
information that could help us
moving forward.

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Pause and
Think
If you find you keep making the same decision
over and over again, take some time to ask
yourself what are you feeling.  Identify the
emotion.  If you are angry, slow down and pay
attention to what you are saying to yourself. 
What is your self-talk?  What are you thinking
about the people in that situation?  What are
your beliefs?  What are your values?  Once you
can recognize your thoughts, you can determine
if those thoughts are realistic.

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Thank you!
For your attention.

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