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Emotions · 15–25 MIN · ADULTS / FACILITATED GROUPS

Facts, Feelings, or a Story?

Sort eight fictional statements and uncover the difference between events and interpretations.

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UNDERSTAND

What is happening here?

An event, an emotion, and an interpretation are different pieces of an experience. Separating them can reveal what needs checking and what needs care. It does not make emotion less valid. Sometimes an interpretation is accurate; the aim is to identify what supports it and what is still unknown.

Conceptual background

Behavioral Tech Institute · Emotion regulation. This reference supports the broad concept; it does not validate or endorse this original exercise.

PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE

How to use it

  1. Read each card and choose observation, feeling, or interpretation.
  2. Reveal the explanations. Revise any placement without a score.
  3. Rewrite one interpretation as a question you could safely check.

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Your workspace

Use a fictional or manageable example. Responses stay in this tab and are not submitted or automatically saved. Export and print include what you enter. You may observe, adapt, or pass.

MAKE IT USEFUL

Notice. Discuss. Take one thing.

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For thoughtful facilitation

Open with the concept, demonstrate one fictional example, allow individual exploration or paired discussion, and close with one optional takeaway. Ask what fits the participant’s culture, language, access needs, and present capacity. Invite observation instead of disclosure; do not interpret participation as a measure of motivation.

Fit and care: Do not use fact checking to dismiss discrimination, abuse, or credible danger.

Original AI-assisted educational activity; independent clinical review pending. This is not an assessment, a complete treatment protocol, or emergency care. No automated risk scoring or outcome claims are made.