Naming is the skill of putting a precise word to what you feel, and telling close feelings apart. A feeling stays with us all day, and the nearest word for it is broad: fine, stressed, or bad. That word covers many states, so the feeling remains general. A general feeling is hard to act on and harder to express to anyone. You'll learn to read a feeling in your body before you have a word for it. You will tell close feelings apart and find the exact one, including the quiet feeling beneath the loud one. Naming it the moment it appears lowers its intensity and lets you say it to someone. The goal isn't a larger emotional vocabulary. It's the exact word for what you feel, precise enough to act on and say out loud.