Thursday, July 6, 2023

12 words which aren't really emotions

 Here's a list of 12 words which are very general and don't really help you to change your emotional state.

The following are NOT really emotions:

1. overwhelmed
2.upset
3. frustrated
4. annoyed
5. anxious
6. depressed
7.worried
8. "I'm" down
9. unmotivated
10. unnerved
11."I'm" blah
12. impatient
13.?

 During the 1970s, psychologist Paul Eckman identified six basic emotions that he suggested were universally experienced in all human cultures.

The emotions he identified were
1. happiness,
2. sadness,
3. disgust ( an emotional and physical reaction)
4. fear,
5. surprise ( an emotional and physical reaction)
6. anger.

As you can see the most problematic ones are sadness, fear, and anger
                                                                           
 Most of the words listed at the top are combinations of the basic emotions or are a single emotion (example: frustration is just a "nice" word for anger, overwhelmed may mean fearful, sad, and/or angry). If you can identify the actual emotion, you can decide how you want to handle it. 

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