When The Horse Is Dead, Stop Riding The Horse – DISMOUNT! With the development of language, the sensations we experience were given names or labels, such as: anger, fear, disgust, sadness, surprise and enjoyment. These labels allow us to communicate to others how we feel. The way you feel – your emotions – is generated [...]
Lesson 18: Emotion Families
Basic Emotions: Anger, Fear, Sadness, Enjoyment, Disgust and Surprise With the development of language, the sensations we experience were given names or labels; anger, fear, sadness, and enjoyment, for example. These allow us to communicate to others how we feel.
Lesson 19: EAR – Identity
Your Appraisal Mechanism Many researchers recognize the minimum for cognitive activated emotion as appraisal. Your appraisal mechanism operates rapidly, but is not always automatic – as when there is a slow, deliberate and conscious evaluation of the event that triggered the emotion state.
Lesson 21: The Inner Voice
It is the Inner Critic Who Destroys Self-Esteem Essential to understanding self-esteem is the concept of the Pathological Inner Critic. This is the name given to the “voice” we all hear in our heads from time to time, that critical monologue that reminds you of your weaknesses and failings.
Lesson 22: Unpack Your Negative Jigsaw
How To Unpack Your Negative Jigsaw – Piece By Piece! A jigsaw is a puzzle – a picture pasted on a board and cut into irregular shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to reassemble the pieces to view the picture. Generating positive emotion is being motivated to unpack the negative jigsaw you have assembled [...]
Lesson 23: 4-Step Cognitive Process
Want An Easily Learned Tool To Stop Emotional Pain? Read on . . . The 4-step cognitive framework is the key to dealing with unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences.