Emotional Needs — The Luminous Hierarchy of Needs examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What central image does the module use for emotion in the emotionally intense person?

Climate, not weather A passing breeze A storm to avoid A machine to be repaired
Why does Sam experience sudden floods of feeling as an adult?

Sam simply has more emotion than anyone could handle Suppression removed the skill of moving feeling, so it backs up Sam lacks the willpower needed to stay calm Sam's emotions are caused by outside events alone
Why does 'just think about it differently' often fail as first-line advice?

Thinking has no effect on emotion at any stage of life Feeling lands in the body before thought gets a vote The advice is too complicated to follow well The person refuses to think clearly about it
Which description matches the module's account of emotional range in this population?

A narrow range of mostly neutral and muted feelings A tendency to feel nothing at all when under stress Feelings that are strong but always simple and single A higher-resolution inner life, with mixed feelings at once
A person's calm morning is suddenly overtaken by a colleague's anxiety. What skill does the module recommend?

Suppressing the anxiety until the day is over Sorting one's own feelings from absorbed ones Treating every feeling that arises as one's own Avoiding that colleague permanently from now on
What are the two pillars of emotional ease?

Permission and fluency Analysis and avoidance Control and distance Suppression and discipline
What does fluency's 'sequencing' mean?

Feeling emotions only in one fixed, set order Ranking emotions by their importance Trusting a wave of feeling to crest and pass Postponing emotions until a safer time
What 'bad bargain' does emotional abundance refuse?

Trading comfort in exchange for intensity Choosing depth over breadth in friendship Expressing every feeling openly in public settings Dampening the lows, which also mutes the highs
Which experience does the module describe as one of the most healing for an emotionally intense person?

Being fully witnessed in a big feeling Having the cause fixed immediately Being told to calm down by a friend Keeping feelings private until they fade
How does the module define regulation for the emotionally intense?

Feeling within a moderate range Replacing feeling with reason Seamanship, not suppression Avoiding stirring situations
What is the recognition the module leaves the student with?

You must learn to feel less in order to be safe Emotional depth is a burden to be quietly endured Intensity is a disorder that can eventually be cured You were a large instrument handed a mute, not a manual