Feelings Inventories

The following are words we use when we want to express a combination of emotional states and physical sensations. This list is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place to support anyone who wishes to engage in a process of deepening self-discovery and to facilitate greater understanding and connection between people.

We provide a list of feelings when our needs are met and a list of feelings when our needs are not met. You might also find the list of needs useful.

Feelings Inventory
How We Are Likely to Feel When Our Needs ARE Being Met

Absorbed Affectionate Alert Alive Amazed Amused Animated Appreciative Ardent Aroused Astonished Awed Blissful Breathless Buoyant Calm Carefree Centered Cheerful Clear Headed Comfortable Compassionate Confident Content Curious Dazzled Delighted Eager Ecstatic Elated Empowered Enchanted Encouraged Energetic Engaged

Engrossed Enlivened Enthralled Enthusiastic Entranced Excited Exhilarated Expectant Exuberant Fascinated Friendly Fulfilled Giddy Glad Grateful Gratified Happy Hopeful Inspired Interested Intrigued Invigorated Involved Joyful Jubilant Lively Loving Mellow Moved Open Open Hearted Optimistic Passionate Peaceful

Pleased Proud Quiet Radiant Rapturous Refreshed Rejuvenated Relaxed Relieved Renewed Rested Restored Revived Safe Satisfied Secure Serene Spellbound Still Stimulated Surprised Sympathetic Tender Thankful Thrilled Tickled Touched Tranquil Trusting Upbeat Vibrant Warm Wonderful Zestful

Feelings Inventory
How We Are Likely to Feel When Our Needs Are NOT Being Met

Afraid Aggravated Agitated Agony Alarmed Alienated Aloof Ambivalent Angry Anguished Animosity Annoyed Anxious Apathetic Appalled Apprehensive Ashamed Aversion Baffled Beat Bereaved Bewildered Bitter Blah Blue Bored Burnt Out Chagrined Cold Confused Contempt Cranky Cross Dazed Dejected Depleted Depressed Despairing Despondent Detached Devastated Disaffected Disappointed

Disconcerted Disconnected Discouraged Disgruntled Disgusted Disheartened Dislike Dismayed Displeased Disquiet Distant Distracted Distraught Distressed Disturbed Dread Edgy Embarrassed Enraged Envious Exasperated Exhausted Fatigued Fidgety Flustered Foreboding Forlorn Fragile Frazzled Frightened Frustrated Furious Gloomy Grief Guarded Guilty Hateful Heartbroken Heavy Hearted Helpless Hesitant Hopeless Horrified

Hostile Hurt Impatient Incensed Indifferent Indignant Insecure Irate Irked Irritable Irritated Jealous Jittery Leery Lethargic Listless Livid Lonely Longing Lost Mad Mean Melancholy Miserable Mistrustful Mortified Mystified Nervous Nostalgic Numb Outraged Overwhelmed Panicked Passive Perplexed Perturbed Pessimistic Petrified Pining Puzzled Rattled Regretful Remorseful

Removed Repulsed Resentful Reserved Restless Sad Scared Self-Conscious Sensitive Shaky Shocked Skeptical Sleepy Startled Stressed Out Surprised Suspicious Tense Terrified Tired Torn Troubled Turbulent Uncomfortable Unconcerned Uneasy Unhappy Uninterested Unnerved Unsettled Upset Uptight Vulnerable Weary Wistful Withdrawn Worn Out Worried Wretched Yearning

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