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MB's Web of Knowledge
Concepts
Mood
Feeling
Affect
Empirical, after Paul Ekman
Universal Emotions
Concept
Examples
Anger
Fear
Disgust
Sadness
Happiness
Universal facial signals to emotion
"Partially Chartered" Emotions
"Half or less than half of emotion scientists believe there is convincing evidence that each of the following is an emotion."
Examples
Love
Surprise
Jealousy
Envy
Hate
Embarrassment
Shame
Contempt
Guilt
Positive // Negative
Positive Emotions
Happiness
Negative Emotions
Ambivalent Emotions
Due to its nature, Anger should not be merely classified as "negative" emotion. It has too many constructive elements, especially when it occurs after a state of helplessness.
Processing Anger
Helpless Anger
Main Emotions
Happiness
Helplessness
Shame
(Emotional) Pain
Signal of an Emotion
The Message (of an Emotion)
Debunking Common Myths about Emotions
Emotions are a common feature of the human biological system.
However, there are many situations (some of them mental health conditions) in which people are (partially or completely) unable to manifest (feel, express) emotions.
By cause
genetic
The necessary structures to manifest (feel, express) emotions can be absent from birth.
acquired
(partially or completely) reversible
Numbness
irreversible
by Reversibility
reversible
Numbness
practically irreversible
Antisocial personality disorder
Wikipedia
Emotions seem to give meaning to the human experience.
Meaning
We cannot choose how we feel.
(Rational) Choice
Facial Expression
Micro Expressions
"Micro expressions are facial expressions that occur within a fraction of a second. This involuntary emotional leakage exposes a person's true emotions."
Facial Action Coding System
"The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a comprehensive, anatomically based system for describing all visually discernible facial movement."
Verbal Expression
Principles
Expressing how you feel does change how you feel only under very specific circumstances - and much less than we usually think.