Title: Affective neuroscience
Introduction
Emotions are conscious mental reactions (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feelings usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body.
ETYMOLOGY
Etymology. The word “emotion” dates back to 1579, when it was adapted from the French word émouvoir, which means “to stir up”.
Some examples of emotions are happy, sad, angry, fearful or hostile. Negative emotions, such as anger, fear and guilt, can cause a very poor work environment to develop.
EXPLORATION:
emotions are created by our brain. It is the way our brain gives meaning to bodily sensations based on past experience. Different core networks all contribute at different levels to feelings such as happiness, surprise, sadness, and anger.
Some examples of emotions are happy, sad, angry, fearful or hostile. Negative emotions, such as anger, fear and guilt, can cause a very poor work environment to develop.
Reducing stress or finding more helpful ways to cope with it can make your emotions more manageable. Mindfulness practices such as meditation can help with stress too. They won’t get rid of it, but they can make it easier to live with. Meditation can help you increase your awareness of all feelings and experiences.
TYPES
The 7 basic types of feelings and emotions include fear, contempt, disgust, sadness, anger, happiness, and surprise.
Fear
Fear is an intensely unpleasant primal emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes psychological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat.
Contempt
the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.
Disgust
a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.
Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others.
Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat
For most, the term happiness is interchangeable with “subjective well-being,” which is typically measured by asking people about how satisfied they feel with their lives (evaluative), how much positive and negative emotion they tend to feel (affective), and their sense of meaning and purpose (eudaimonic).
Surprise is the mental reaction to unexpectedness. Surprise is subjectively experienced as a characteristic feeling and may manifest itself in a variety of behaviors and physiological changes.
HOW TO CONTROL
Let’s look at 7 strategies that can help to manage emotions in a healthy and helpful way.
Identify and reduce triggers. …
Tune into physical symptoms. …
Consider the story you are telling yourself. …
Engage in positive self-talk. …
Make a choice about how to respond. …
Look for positive emotions. …
Seek out a therapist
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