๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐? ๐
Well, first of all: In the social and scientific world there is a lot of discussion โ๏ธ around that question!
๐ค Iโll start with that: There are ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust and surprise.
Youโve probably heart of Paul Ekman (yes, the one with the micro mimics and the TV Series ๐บ!) He identified those six basic emotions that are universal all over the world, share the same facial expression across cultures, countries etc.ย Thereโre more of course and happiness is a whole other thing, but in ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, when it comes to the nasty sensations ๐คฌ in my opinion ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
Having an overview over the options helps with recognizing them. Which then ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐.
Here are ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐:
๐ฏEmotions are essential for surviving.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น!
๐จโ๐ป The “Alarm” – procedure is the same, no matter if your life is threatened or you have a conflict at work.
๐ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ โ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒโ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ! ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐. ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐!
๐ข They indicate when you should pay close attention.
๐๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐! ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป!
๐ฅEmotions are super quick, and their appearance canโt be regulated. What you can regulated is your response and general life practice.
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐บ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ!
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ You might need to practise for a while to really identify the underlying basic emotion, because some have a negative reputation in our society.
๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป!
That’s all for today!
Have fun practising and observing๐!