Episode 0362

Hello everyone and welcome to English Pod. My name is Marco.

My name is Catherine.

What's wrong, Catherine?

You're having uh, you're your your mood, you're not in the mood today, is that what's going on?

Actually, no, I am in the mood.

Um, so we're talking about moods, feelings, emotions. This is today's podcast and uh we're going to be learning a lot of the names for different kinds of feelings.

That's right. So you're going to learn how to describe what mood you're in, uh maybe you're in a good mood, bad mood, etc.

So, let's just jump into the dialogue and see what's going on.

Are you okay? You seem a bit anxious.

So you mean you feel ecstatic one minute and then blue the next?

I hope you're right.

Language Takeaway.

So on language takeaway, let's take a look at this adjective. Uh, you are feeling or you seem a little bit anxious.

Anxious. He is anxious. I feel anxious.

That's right. Now, this word means that you're feeling nervous or um, uneasy about something.

Normally when you feel anxious about something like uh a test, all you can think about is the test.

Oh, will I fail? What's going to happen? Did I study enough? You're worried.

So this is an anxious feeling.

That's right. So if you're anxious, you're worried about something or you're nervous about something. It could be about your job interview, a test, etcetera.

Mhm.

Alright, so moving on now, uh, we're feeling anxious, but then uh we also feel a different type of uh excitement. We are ecstatic.

Alright, so while anxious is a bad feeling, ecstatic is a really good feeling.

Okay.

Okay, so if you're ecstatic, it means you're very, very happy. So it's not a negative thing.

Okay.

Now, the basically the complete opposite of being ecstatic would be to feel or be blue.

Yeah, this might seem a bit strange because blue is a color as you know, B L U E.

But when you're feeling blue, it means that you're feeling sad or down or upset.

Or depressed.

Yeah.

So, maybe this is why you also have the music, the blues, right?

The blues, he's got the blues, that means he's sad about something, usually a woman.

Uh-huh, okay. So, ecstatic, very, very happy, feeling blue, very, very sad.

And uh well, another example of feelings, also a negative one, is if you feel detached.

Detached.

Alright, so we know the word attach, that means to put two things together. Well, detached means to take two things apart.

Okay. So what do you feel apart from?

Other people.

Uh-huh, okay.

So, for example, if I'm feeling detached, maybe it means that I don't feel like the people around me understand me, I don't want to talk to other people, I'm just not feeling very social.

So, for example, can you feel detached in your relationship?

You can, and that's actually really bad feeling because you should be happy in a relationship. But when you're detached, it means that you don't really feel close to your boyfriend or girlfriend or husband or wife.

Okay. And we feel detached and lonely. So if you feel lonely, that means that you feel

Similar to detached, lonely means that you don't feel like you can talk to anyone. You feel alone.

You feel alone.

Okay, so that means uh that you feel alone.

Alright, a lot of adjectives there, very many different ways and uh to describe the way that you feel. So, let's take a listen to the dialogue again.

Are you okay? You seem a bit anxious.

So you mean you feel ecstatic one minute and then blue the next?

I hope you're right.

Alright, we're back. So now let's take a look at fluency builder.

Fluency Builder.

So on fluency builder today, the first phrase is mood swings.

I've been having a lot of mood swings lately.

That's right.

So, this basically means that you, your mood is changing constantly, all the time.

That's right. So your mood is the way that you feel.

And to swing means to go back and forth.

So, I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm angry, I'm, you know, lazy.

Uh-huh.

So these are mood swings, and it means that uh, you're not normal, you're not flat, you're going up and down and feeling many different things.

Okay.

So, to be clear, also, mood, your mood is the way that you feel, uh at a certain time or a certain day.

Uh-huh, so maybe you're angry.

Alright, very good.

Now, when uh, to basically explain why we're having these mood swings, we say that, well, maybe it has to do with the pills the doctor prescribed that are causing chaos on my hormones.

Alright, chaos is a thing, it's a noun. And uh, chaos means that there's no order. Everything is crazy, it's out of control.

And so basically what this person is saying is that the pills that he's taking, it can feel out of control.

Right, exactly. So they are causing chaos, to cause chaos, to cause nothing in control, and uh on your hormones. So, but what does hormones have to do with your mood?

Alright, hormones are chemicals that your body actually produces.

Um, women have different hormones from men, but they affect the way that we feel.

So, often times you could say that I'm in a bad mood because of my hormones.

Pregnant women are very famous for having mood swings, happy, sad, angry, um because they have more hormones in their bodies that uh they're not used to, and so they cannot, they cannot control the way that they feel.

That's right. So an example is uh if a man has too much of one hormone like testosterone is a is a is a one is a hormone, then this person will usually be very aggressive, right?

That's right. And the female counterpart to testosterone is estrogen.

So, if you have too much estrogen, maybe you'll be a little bit too sensitive.

Or emotional.

Or emotional, that's right.

Okay, so that's what we talk about chaos and hormones.

Now, when we talked about mood swings, we take it as a noun, right? You have mood swings. But then at the end of the dialogue, we say, well, maybe your mood will swing positively.

So, now we're talking, it's separate, it's not a noun, we're taking swing as a verb.

To swing, that means uh, think about a uh pendulum, you know, a clock, it goes left and then swings right and then left.

So we could talk about a mood like this. So maybe your bad mood will swing the other way.

Uh-huh, maybe it will become a good mood, and so, um to swing here is the verb.

You can maybe try and encourage your mood to swing.

Okay, so to be clear, mood swings are a noun, but then in this last part, we put the verb to swing to kind of explain where mood swings comes from, right? So the noun mood swings, now you understand that it's kind of like a pendulum and it's swinging back and forth and you're changing constantly.

Exactly.

Alright, so let's take a listen to the dialogue one last time.

Are you okay? You seem a bit anxious.

So you mean you feel ecstatic one minute and then blue the next?

I hope you're right.

Alright, so talking about moods, um, now there are certain uh, well maybe like conditions where your mood is negatively affecting your life, like for example, a person that suffers from anxiety.

That's right. So some people have anxiety disorders and this means that they're always worried about something.

Right.

You know, so they're always anxious.

Always anxious. So, people who are anxious often tap their fingers or their pencils or their foot, um, talk quickly.

So, anxiety, it's it's not fun to feel anxious.

And you can only imagine. So, a lot of times these people who have anxiety problems.

They will see their psychiatrist, um and they will try and get some medicine, some pills to help regulate their emotions, to help them feel in control.

Okay. So, that I think is the the the most interesting thing for me is because your mood is actually very much dependent on what's going on chemically in your body.

So, as you see, you could actually balance out maybe if you're feeling too anxious with uh drugs, you can actually uh make make you feel less anxious because of the chemicals.

I heard that some people that suffer from anxiety disorders will be also compulsive eaters because they're nervous. So, you know this that some people eat when they're nervous, this is one of the side effects possibly, right?

It is. I've heard this too that um a lot of people who are nervous or who are anxious, they overeat. That means they eat too much.

Even when they're not hungry.

Even when they're not hungry. And this actually has very strong, um this actually has a very large effect on your body because obviously, um you, like I said, your body chemistry affects your mood. So, if you eat too much, your body may be reacts negatively and you're even less happy.

Right, right, right. It happens to me sometimes in the movie theater, maybe like uh a really good scene or I'm nervous or there's an action sequence and I'm just eating that popcorn up and I'm not, I'm I'm I'm already really, really thirsty, but I just can't stop.

The English pod audio review.

Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.

Worried or nervous of what may happen.

Anxious.

Rapid or successive change of your mood.

Mood swing.

Ecstatic.

Blue.

Feeling of showing lack of emotional involvement.

Detached.

Lonely.

Assurance, freedom from doubt.

Confident.

Not feeling any fear.

Brave.

Let's try that faster.

Blue.

Ecstatic.

Not feeling any fear.

Brave.

Rapid or successive change of your mood.

Mood swing.

Lonely.

Worried or nervous of what may happen.

Anxious.

Assurance, freedom from doubt.

Confident.

Feeling of showing lack of emotional involvement.

Detached.

Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.

Anxious.

I am feeling a bit anxious about my job interview tomorrow.

Anxious.

That movie left me feeling anxious and stressed.

Anxious.

This pill will help you feel less anxious about flying.

Mood swing.

Pregnant women often have mood swings.

Mood swing.

I don't know why I am having mood swings lately.

Mood swing.

If you are having mood swings too often, then you should consult with your doctor.

Ecstatic.

Ecstatic.

Ecstatic.

Lonely.

Lonely.

If you feel lonely, you should go out and have fun.

Lonely.

Confident.

Make sure you seem confident at the job interview today.

Confident.

I feel confident that we will win the game.

Confident.

I am trying to be more confident and brave.