Week 3: Activity 1

 

Scenarios	Feelings / Emotion	Action	Results of the Action
You have a classmate who leads in making your classmates laugh at you. He also makes you feel that you do not belong to their group. You always choose to ignore but this time you cannot stand it.	First, I will feel embarrassed because of the people laughing at me. Whilst the mocking continues, I will be provoked and furious. But then, I know that showing that I am affected will satisfy the goal of my classmate, that is, to annoy me.	I will be quiet at first until I cannot stand it anymore. I will speak up to him, but in a jokingly manner. If possible, I will roast him with his own words so that the teasing will temporarily stop. Then, I will approach him personally to fix our conflicts.	If my classmate is open-minded, the teasing will stop and hopefully, I will feel confident that I am part of the group again.
The end of the semester is near, and most teachers require you to submit all the outputs in their subjects. But you are still working on them and you find it difficult to handle the situation. They particularly remind you to comply because you failed in the previous grading period. You must pass time because this is your last chance.	Most probably, I will be stressed not just because of the tremendous number of workloads, but also because of the pressure that I may repeat the whole year knowing that I failed the last semester. Then, I will feel discouraged to finish the requirements, realizing that these can be the reason I did not make the cut last time.	I will approach my teachers about the struggle that I am having, even without the certainty that they will give me considerations. If I am not careful with my emotions, I may have a breakdown while discussing my problems with them.	I might receive the considerations and remove the time pressure in my system, or I can have the assistance from my teachers in finishing my requirements. But if they can’t help me because of the baggage that they are also carrying, I will understand and will try to not to fail on my own.
You experience a pimple breakout in your face because of hormonal imbalance that changed your appearance. You are not comfortable with it because your crush might not like you.	At first, I will be hesitant to go outside because of the additional insecurity that I have towards my body. But breakouts are normal, and the society is becoming more accepting about what we used to call as flaws. Besides, I don’t prefer my crush liking me because I am perfect and unblemished. I want him to see me as a human who is vulnerable but not broken.	I will still walk the streets with confidence as I did before. The pimple breakout will go away on its own because it is triggered by hormones, and not by dirt.	I might promote awareness that pimple breakouts signify that one is growing, and it should be normalized. And because of my confidence, my crush may like me back.
You always have arguments with your parents because of staying less at home. You spend more time with your friends because you share the same interests and desire for independence.	I will be confused about why are they getting mad at me because I haven’t done anything wrong and nothing bad has happened to me. I will lose my temper for making me stop doing what I think is best for me: explore new things on new grounds with new friends. But I know that showing that I am upset will disappoint them and more conflicts will happen.	I will calmly talk to them and tell my side of the story. I will make them hear my explanation so that they will understand where I am coming from. And of course, I will listen to their points of argument because that is how communication works. You do not to listen to reply, but to understand.	My parents and I will come up with an agreement where we both get to have what we want. Maybe they will set a schedule or a curfew so that they can still guide me as I explore a whole world of possibilities.