Naming Needs
What is Naming Needs?
You say what support or boundary would help right now.
When you might feel naming needs
Naming Needs is a specific form of communicating, which itself is a type of repairing. You might experience this feeling in situations where repairing is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define naming needs.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Naming Needs on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore naming needs and discover related emotions.
Open Emotional Dysregulation ADHDRelated Emotions
You can identify the state early enough to interrupt escalation....
You put accurate words to emotion, reducing confusion....
Slower exhale helps lower arousal and regain choice....
You create space before responding to protect relationships and goals....
You test assumptions before reacting to perceived threat....
You widen context so one moment feels less absolute....