Wellness in the emotional dimension is the ability to recognize, accept, process, and take responsibility for all of one’s feelings, whether negative or positive, and to share feelings of anger, fear, sadness, or stress; hope, joy, love, and happiness in appropriate and productive ways. This includes the ability to manage and shift emotional states, as well as the ability to recognize and consider the feelings of other people and animals, and respond appropriately.
- Impulse control
- Drive/determination (motivation)
- Self-esteem/self-acceptance/self-compassion
- Ability to understand, accept, and manage one’s feelings
- Ability to express feelings with others
- Self-confidence/self-compassion
- Ability to trust in ourselves and others
- Being optimistic about outcomes
- Ability to recognize emotions in others
- Humour and play/fun
Resources
Looking to enhance your emotional wellness? Below are some resources both on and off campus, as well as general information related to emotional wellness.
On campus resources
- Counselling Services
- Engineering Counselling
- Mental Health Training
- Mates (Peer Support)
- Glow Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
- Online Resources
- Group Therapy
- Workshops
- Seminars
- ENG Soc Mental Illness How-to For Waterloo
- ENG Soc Mental Health Resource Bank
- Sexual Violence Response
- Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment
- Campus Housing (mental health support)
- The Big List of Self-Care and Distraction Activities
Off-campus resources
- Mental Health and Wellness Canada
- Off campus recourses (links to several)
- Here 24/7 Crisis Help Line (Kitchener-Waterloo)
- Good2Talk Crisis Help Line (Ontario)
- Crisis Services Canada (Phone, text, chat)
- Crisis Text Line
- Canadian Mental Health Association (Waterloo Wellington)
- Canadian Mental Health Association Self-Help and Peer Support
- McGill University (Self-help)
General information
- Understanding Mental Illness (CMHA Canada)
- Mental Health: What’s normal, what’s not (Mayo Clinic)
- Understanding Mental Health (Etobicoke Children’s Hospital)
- Wellness Module 1: Mental Health Matters (Here to Help)
- Resilience Research Centre (Dalhousie University)
- The Road to Resilience (American Psychological Association)
- Self-compassion (Information and guided medications)