Why should we focus on emotions?

Emotions provide important information about our needs and help us survive.

What are some basic emotions mentioned?

Basic emotions include shame, fear, sadness, anger, disgust, happiness, and surprise.

How can we manage unpleasant emotions?

Allowing emotions to be present rather than fighting them can make them less unpleasant.

What is a consequence of faking emotions?

Faking emotions can prevent you from getting the compassion and comfort you need.

How can childhood experiences affect emotions?

Early fear can lead to a lifelong feeling of being afraid and a tendency to protect oneself excessively.

What is the role of self-compassion in dealing with emotions?

Self-compassion can help manage fear and promote openness to others.

What is the benefit of recognizing real emotions?

Recognizing real emotions helps you understand your needs and improves your well-being.

How can stuck emotions be changed?

Stuck emotions can change with self-compassion and the support of others.

Alfred & Shadow - A short story about emotions (education psychology health animation)

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Résumé

TLDRThe content emphasizes the importance of understanding and managing emotions, which provide critical information about our needs and help us survive. It discusses the range of basic emotions—such as shame, fear, sadness, anger, disgust, happiness, and surprise—and highlights that we experience more unpleasant emotions than pleasant ones. It explains how unpleasant emotions can lead to suffering but are essential for survival. The text also addresses the complexities of emotions, the impact of childhood experiences on emotional responses, and the necessity of acknowledging true emotions for healing and connection. Strategies for transforming stuck emotions through self-compassion and the importance of supportive relationships are also discussed.

A retenir

🧐 Emotions provide critical survival information.
😌 Understanding emotions helps you relate to others.
😞 Most basic emotions are unpleasant but necessary.
🤔 Suppressed emotions can complicate your feelings.
🤝 Support from others can help in managing emotions.
🚀 Recognizing real emotions fosters healing and connection.
💪 Self-compassion aids in transforming fear and other emotions.
🔁 Stuck emotions can be changed with empathy and support.

Chronologie

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Emotions are often feared due to their painful nature, yet they provide crucial information about our needs and the environment. They facilitate survival by enabling quick responses to significant situations and aiding interpersonal relations. Understanding our emotions allows for better action towards meeting our needs, transforming negative experiences into manageable feelings. Basic emotions, including shame, fear, sadness, anger, disgust, happiness, and surprise, contribute to a spectrum of feelings. While unpleasant emotions dominate, they serve a purpose in survival; accepting rather than fighting them can reduce their intensity. Emotions can mislead, as sometimes people mask their real feelings or misinterpret them, leading to disconnection from others. Support from trusting individuals can reveal deeper emotions and facilitate healing. Childhood fears can create lasting emotional patterns, necessitating self-compassion and vulnerability to transition towards safety and connection. Dealing with authentic emotions enhances personal well-being and fulfilling relationships, making emotional awareness vital for functioning effectively in life.

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Vidéo Q&R

Why should we focus on emotions?
Emotions provide important information about our needs and help us survive.
What are some basic emotions mentioned?
Basic emotions include shame, fear, sadness, anger, disgust, happiness, and surprise.
How can we manage unpleasant emotions?
Allowing emotions to be present rather than fighting them can make them less unpleasant.
What is a consequence of faking emotions?
Faking emotions can prevent you from getting the compassion and comfort you need.
How can childhood experiences affect emotions?
Early fear can lead to a lifelong feeling of being afraid and a tendency to protect oneself excessively.
What is the role of self-compassion in dealing with emotions?
Self-compassion can help manage fear and promote openness to others.
What is the benefit of recognizing real emotions?
Recognizing real emotions helps you understand your needs and improves your well-being.
How can stuck emotions be changed?
Stuck emotions can change with self-compassion and the support of others.

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Emotions are often feared and avoided, because they are so painful.
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So, why focus on emotions?
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Because emotions give you important information.
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And tell you whether things are going your way.
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Emotions help you to survive.
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By providing an efficient, automatic way of respondingrapidly to important situations.
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Emotions help you to relate to other people and the expectations and demands of life.
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Emotions tells you what you need. When you know what you need, you can take
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action to meet those needs.
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Emotions also communicate what you feel.
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All your negative experiences can turn into a big, black and scary feeling inside
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You learned many of your emotional reactions long ago.
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Your black shadow will therefor sometimes resemble
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a person who hurt you in the past.
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First you need to know something about what your emotions are.
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You have different basic emotions, some of which arouse you.
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And some that calm you Down. These are shame..
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These are shame. Fear.
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Sadness…
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Anger…
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Disgust…
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Happiness…
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And surprise or interest
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You have more unpleasant emotion than pleasant ones.
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That means you often suffer quite a lot, but that’s because the unpleasant emotions
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help you survive.
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Feelings also tend to be more unpleasant if you fight them. If you allow them to be there,
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they become less unpleasant. You can experience and express many different feelings.
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Like feeling hopeless, irritated, anxious, exited, lonely,
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embarrassed, suspicious, content and so on.
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These feelings all arise from your basic emotions. For instance, feeling suspicious springs from fear.
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And feeling lonely springs from sadness.
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And then it gets complicated.
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Emotions do not always provide you and your surroundings with good information.
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Sometimes you fake emotions to get what you want.
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At other times you cover up your “real” emotions with other emotions.
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If you act like this..
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..when you really feel like this
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And your need is compassion and comfort, you will instead drive people away.
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If you or someone around you is supportive, patient and
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curious enough to try to understand you.
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You might realize that you are sad, and then get what you need to heal
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your painful emotion.
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At other times again, your “real” emotions are messed up,
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and make a lot of trouble for you.
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If you were scared a lot when you were a child.
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You might grow up having a core feeling of being afraid.
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You might overprotect yourself, so that no one can hurt you ever again.
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Everyone who was hurt badly as a child has a deep need to feel safe,
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and a desire for someone to love them and connect with them.
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And heavy protection doesn’t give you this.
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You can tell or show someone you trust, that you are afraid.
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You can welcome the feeling of being afraid and listen to it,
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instead of ignoring it and covering it up.
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And the fear will then become more manageable.
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You can also change fear by means of self-compassion
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and assertive anger.
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You can protect stand up for yourself, without driving people away.
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You can handle criticism, even if it hurts.
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You can to take the chance, and let people in, even if you are afraid of getting hurt again.
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You feel and function better when you are aware of and deal with your “real” emotions, even if they are painful.
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Your real emotions help you get to what you really need,
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both from yourself and others.
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You feel and function better when your “real” emotions are fresh and new,
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instead of stuck old feelings.
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You can trust your emotions if doing so gives you what you need.
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Stuck and misguiding emotions can change if you:
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And all of this is easier to do with the empathy and support of another person.