Here is a list of feelings that may be difficult for people with problem behaviors such as drug abuse or excessive drinking. There are many words to describe feelings. Some are big, some are small. And some have similar meanings but do vary slightly. Identify Your Feelings Identifying the wordsContinue Reading
Numerous scholarly studies have been conducted regarding risks and perceptions. A survey conducted by the Oregon Research Institute became the standard on public perceptions and bias. Participants were asked to consider pairs of causes of death. For each pair, the more frequent cause and estimation ratio were indicated. These resultsContinue Reading
There are ten basic emotions: Joy, Excitement, Surprise, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Contempt, Shame and Guilt. In describing emotions, psychologists classify emotions as variations on the dimensions – pleasant (or positive) versus unpleasant (or negative) and low versus high arousal (Russell et al, 1989). Arousal levels can range from elated enthusiuasmContinue Reading
Emotions are intense feelings such as love, hate, fear, happiness and so forth. Emotional disorders play a large part in psychotherapy and are seen more as symptoms of underlying problems. Our faces can reveal our inner emotional state but the emotions responsible for these involuntary expressions are more powerful thanContinue Reading
Nico Frijda’s book “The Laws of Emotion” (2006), explores the substance and rules of emotions. He sees them as laying at the crossroads of biological and cognitive processes. Some emotions, such as fear, are biologically innate, and these basic emotions are the ones we share with other animals. Others ariseContinue Reading
The emotions we experience are greatly influenced by how we think and feel about an event in the first place. Emotional Appraisal refers to evaluating the personal meaning of a situation. Is it good or bad? Threatening or supportive? Relevant or not? And so forth. As an example, if anotherContinue Reading
Getting in touch with your emotions is a giant step towards emotional healing. Very few people are ever taught about the nature of emotions. As a result we learn about them and how to manage them only through experience. Some people or things can upset or irritate us. You seeContinue Reading
As much as everyone is uniquely different, we are all leaves from the same tree. We all share a biological heritage and we all have common behavioral tendencies. Heredity What makes us different? We start with behavioral genetics, the characteristics of our distant ancestors and their ability to survive, reproduce,Continue Reading
The path of human motivation, as viewed by psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), is a highly structured plan he called The Hierarchy of Needs, i.e., the needs that demand our attention and motivation as humans. Primary Motives Primary Motives, which researchers believe are innate, are based on biological needs that mustContinue Reading
There are things in life that give us joy. When we think of joy, it’s usually the big things that come to mind. Getting married, landing that big job, buying your first house or car. We hardly ever bother with the little things that give us joy. Like biting intoContinue Reading