Emotional History Welcome to your Emotional History My parents often showed me that they were proud of meStrongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree When I was growing up, my family always attended the important events in which I participated (e.g., plays, concerts, sports events).Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree My parents helped me to feel proud of myself.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree My family taught me to believe in my talents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree I learned from my past to feel good about what I have accomplished.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I learned from my parents that mastery is all about believing in yourself.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My family taught that if I am failing at something, it usually has very little to do with bad luck.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My past history makes it easy for me to feel proud of the achievements of those close to me.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I easily express my pleasure in the achievements of others.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree When I was growing up, there was lots of affection shown in my home.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My parents often showed me that they loved me.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree As a child, I felt really accepted by most of my peers.Strongly agreedAgreedNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My family touched, hugged, and kissed one another a lot.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I came from a very emotionally expressive family.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My parents often said "I love you" to me when I was a child.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I feel comfortable expressing affection to those I care about.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree From their actions I always knew I was important to my parents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree As a child, my preferences and interests really mattered to my parents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My parents responded to my emotions when I was growing up.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I feel comfortable receiving affection from those I care about.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree It's easy for me to say "I love you" when I feel it.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I was afraid of my father's anger.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree It was hard for me to show my own anger to my parents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I feel highly uncomfortable when people are angry with me.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I was taught as child that anger is very similar to aggression.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I was afraid of my mother's anger.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I can't talk about my own anger with comfort.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My family generally believed that anger was a destructive emotion.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I try to avoid becoming angry.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree Not too many people can tell when I am angry.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I will keep my anger controlled until I eventually blow up.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I often feel that my anger is out of control.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I've learned from my past that expressing anger is like throwing gasoline on an open flame.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I keep my sadness to myself.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree Past experience as taught me that letting myself be sad is a waste of time.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I'm rarely sad.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My family taught me that feeling sadness was cowardly.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I learned as a child that expressing sadness just brought everyone else down.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I try to quickly get over being sad.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I am impatient with other people's sad moods.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree When I was a child, my loneliness wasn't noticed by my parents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree No one can tell when I am sad.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I've learned by through experience that there's very little point in talking to others when I'm downhearted.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I hate being around sad people.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I could never openly express my worries and fears to my parents.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My parents believed that I should just get over my fears and not dwell on them.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My parents believed that I should just get over my fears and not dwell on them.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree As a child, I just wasn't allowed to be afraid.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I was taught as a child to avoid thinking too much about my fears, because doing so could paralyze me into inaction.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree I learned when I was young to keep going even when I was afraid.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree My family taught me that exploring my fears would make me a wimp.Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree Time is Up! 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