are complex and consist of several parts that happen at the same time. Changing 
any part of this emotional response system can change the entire response. Knowing 
the parts of an emotion can help you change the emotion. This handout shows these 
parts in some detail.
••Emotion Regulation Handout 6: Ways to Describe Emotion. This long hand -
out lists the typical parts for 10 specific emotions: anger, disgust, envy, fear, happi -
ness, jealousy, love, sadness, shame, and guilt. The sections within each emotion on this handout generally match the parts illustrated in Emotion Regulation Handout 5. The emotion features listed in Handout 6 are not necessary to each emotion, and these features may differ from person to person.
Record your practice on either Emotion Regulation Worksheet 4 or  4a: Observ -
ing and Describing Emotions. These two worksheets differ in format, but ask for 
exactly the same information. Worksheet 4 is in the same flow chart format as the models for describing emotion (Handout 5). Worksheet 4a is in a list format. Refer 
to Handout 6 for ideas if you have trouble describing or identifying your emotion. Note that the “Prompting Event” consists of only the few moments immediately before the emotion fires up. The history, or story, leading up to the prompting event 
goes under “Vulnerability Factors.” Don’t forget to put in physical illness or pain, 
alcohol and drug use, lack of sleep, over- or undereating, and stressful events in the 24 hours before the prompting event. To rate the intensity of an emotion, use a 0–100 scale in which 0 is no emotion and 100 is the most extreme emotion.