Emotions

In discrete emotion theory, all humans are thought to have an innate set of basic emotions that are cross-culturally recognizable
the six basic emotions are: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise
- Paul Ekman

Happiness/Joy

state of subjective well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
Happiness is made up of pleasure, engagement, and meaning
life satisfaction
People can accurately report their own levels happiness

An unmet expectation (sometimes unrealistic)
may be a secondary response to sadness, loneliness or fright
Triggers an increase in heart rate, blood pressure and adrenaline (stress=illness)
Anger turned inward = depression
Aspects of Anger:
- Overt Anger: yelling, swearing, “hulk smash”
- Covert Anger: “passive-aggressive”
- Displaced Anger: road rage, rage room, bullies at school, robbers
- Fear: constant unmet expectation, anger as protection

the emotion people feel when a danger is actually present,
anxiety = worrying about anger that might happen
phobia = intense fear of specific things
- out of proportion to the real danger
initiates fight-or-flight response
- increased heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing rate, pupil size

mental suffering over disappointment, a great loss or in response to someone else’s sadness
triggers deep though and adds perspective to issues
normal sadness resolves easily; if not, it becomes depression

When talking to the widow group, what statement do they hate hearing?
- “moving on”
Why do people not like term “move on”?
- As it makes someone who matters to the individual nothing more than something like a moment. It removes the fact that it is someone you loved.
Can all things be fixed/solved?
- No, but they can be explored and move along with the individual affected