Re: Emotions

> The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) web site includes
> a larger list of emotions, many of which are variations of the
> ones on your list:
>
> http://www.cnvc.org/feelings.htm

Wow, that's quite a list.

I think it could be a great tool for helping to categorize the various
adjectives, although I still think it's too broad. Do I really get much more
feedback if I can determine that I'm feeling "Disquiet" rather than "Sad"?
Maybe some do -- and certainly the goal is quality feedback, so whatever
works to get that feedback. For myself, it'd be too distracting. One reason
I like the 8. "Sad" may not flesh things out with much detail, but to start
with, distinguishing "Sad" from "Lonely" or "Hurt" helps give me better
direction.

> I like that the CNVC list has lots of pleasant emotions.

By far the most common response I've heard from someone when looking at the
8 is, "Why is there only one good one?" :)

I think there's only one good one for the same reason there are no
"Everything's Fine" lights on your car dashboard, but several red lights for
various problems. The 7 'bad' feelings describe different sorts of problems.
If there are no current problems, then only one basic emotion is needed,
"Glad".

It's certainly not very poetic :) ... but I think the point of the list is
not to glory in the fullness and variety of life -- just help get some
better feedback in light of a problem.

>  > Whenever any interaction with my beliefs occurs, one or more of
>  > the basic eight are triggered.
>
> If we turn that around, it says that when I'm feeling one of
> those basic emotions, or perhaps any emotion, something is
> probably interacting with my beliefs.  So my emotions are
> doorways to my beliefs.  Hmmm.

I think so, yes. And as I said elsewhere, I've found them to be remarkably
precise indicators of my beliefs. Nerves to the soul, performing the same
function my physical nervous system does for my body. Autonomous, uneditable
(though not un-ignorable) feedback.

Chris
tech: http://clabs.org/blog
arts/faith: http://cministries.org/blog


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