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PHOTOS: TKTKTKTK TEXT: JOHN CROSSINGHAM ILLUSTRATIONS: VIPIN JACOB PHOTOS: DREAMSTIME TURN THE PAGE FOR MORE > NEUTRAL FEAR SADNESS RELIEF HAPPINESS EXCITEMENT Pleasant Unpleasant Jittery Calm Build your confidence by puing yourself out there. Join a new club or try talking to someone you're not already friends with! Set a goal for yourself each wk and think about the steps nded to reach it. What chaenges wi you face? What wi sue lk like? Understanding how emotions guide you may seem tricky [insert confused emoji here!], but if you put an emotion somewhere along two spectrums, a simple explanation appears! • Fear is unpleasant and jittery. • Excitement is jittery, too, but much more pleasant. • Sadness is unpleasant but much calmer. • Relief is a pleasant and calm emotion. • Happiness is a very pleasant and calm emotion. Go ahead. Think of an emotion right now. Where does it fit on the chart above? It's there somewhere, because our emotions are made to produce certain behaviours. LET'S SIMPLIFY things: information and memories. First, information is collected by our five senses, which can come from inside our bodies (noticing a tummy ache) or outside our bodies (seeing someone approach). To fully understand what this information means, our brains use our memories. Have I felt this kind of stomach ache before? Do I know this person approaching? Based on this input, the brain assigns an emotion to guide our actions. Y ou might find that your feelings about returning to school or a virtual classroom are all over the place. Maybe you feel … • Happy! You're seeing old friends. • Excited! It's time for new opportunities. • Sad! It's the end of summer. • Afraid! Are you fully prepared for what's ahead? • Worried! Will you do well and be accepted by other kids? • Relieved! You're back to a regular routine after a less structured summer break. These are emotions, and school triggers all sorts of them. Understanding how—and why—begins with answering one big question ... WHAT IS AN EMOTION? Emotions are a state of mind. In some ways, they are as unique as our own personalities— which is why we don't all react to situations in the same way. But all our emotions are influenced by our brains combining two Set yourself up for schl sue with these tips! There isn't one part of the brain that makes fear and another that makes joy. Emotions are created by your entire brain working as a whole.