Psychosocial-Debriefing for ALL students

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

1. Psychosocial Debriefing July 29, 2024 “Validating Feelings and Normalizing Reactions” Gr. 7

2. ACTIVITY: Graphing Feelings Identify about 5 feelings or emotions that you have experienced during the past few weeks or days. Write them down on the piece of paper. (5 minutes)

3. ACTIVITY: Graphing Feelings On the same paper create a graph or a pie chart of feelings/emotions that you have or may have had during all the crisis situations that you experienced. An example is given.

4. ANALYSIS: What were the feelings that were mentioned a lot? What did you notice about your reactions to the different situations? Are these normal reactions to everything that you experienced?

5. It’s good that you realized that these are normal reactions as of this time. You must also realize that it is okay to not feel okay

6. What are the feelings on your activity which are the same with hand out “When terrible things happen?” Today we learned that our reactions to any stressful event/disaster are normal and valid. How can you apply this learning to your life?

7. Now that you knew that what you were feeling or how you were reacting was similar to the one on the list, how do you feel now about yourself?

8. Always remember that your reactions to the stressful situation are normal at the moment or until about three months. Most young people will react in the same manner. You are not being crazy when you have those feelings. Also, the next time you feel that way, try to take ten deep breaths. Slowly. And then try to do letter writing and send the letter to your close friends. This will help you calm down.

9. Can we try to do that together? Count 1-10 as you breathe in and out. You will be given 10 to 15 minutes to finish your letter and read it to the class. (some)

10. Compare how you feel now that you know that those feelings were normal and valid? Say to yourself: my feelings are valid. My reactions are normal. My feelings and reactions are valid and normal.