What are FEELINGS - a list of the main feelings, their difference from emotions

Hello dear reader. In order to show the relevance of our conversation today, I want you to stop reading the article for a few moments and answer the question: “What emotions are you currently experiencing?” Have you thought about it? Did you answer?

Now let's see what problems often arise when answering this question.

Many people answer this question in the following way: “Yes, I don’t feel any particular emotions right now, everything is fine.” Does this mean that there really are no emotions? Or does this simply mean that the person is poorly aware of his emotional state? The fact is that a person always experiences emotions, every moment of his life. Sometimes they reach high intensity, and sometimes their intensity is low. Many people pay attention only to strong emotional experiences, and do not attach any importance to low-intensity emotions and even do not notice them at all. However, if emotions are not very strong, this does not mean that they are absent.
Another possible answer to the question posed is: “Somehow I feel unpleasant. I feel uncomfortable." We see that the person is aware that there are unpleasant emotions inside, but he cannot name which ones. Maybe it's irritation, or maybe disappointment or guilt, or maybe something else.
Often our question is answered like this: “I feel like it’s time for me to get up from my computer and get to work” or “I feel like this article could be useful to me.” Many people confuse their emotions with thoughts and desire to do something. Trying to describe their emotional state, they describe everything except emotions.

In the last article, we discussed why it is so important to listen to your emotions, rather than try to suppress and ignore them. We have found that emotions contain useful information that you need to be able to understand. This understanding will help you learn to easily manage your internal state.

But how can we understand the messages contained in emotions if we cannot even identify what emotions we are experiencing? Moreover, many people are confused by the question: “What are emotions?” Can you independently, without the help of Google, make a list of emotions with at least ten points? For many, this task turns out to be very difficult.

So, the first step to learning how to manage your emotions is to develop the ability to be aware of your emotional state. Today we will develop this ability.

How many feelings does a person have?

As has long been known, humans have five basic senses. This opinion has been shared by the majority of scientists and ordinary citizens, as well as psychologists, for many centuries. The main feelings are considered to be:

Vision;
Touch;
Hearing;
Taste;
Smell.

It is generally accepted that modern man has five main senses, thanks to which we can feel and understand the world around us, as well as ourselves.
These organs are: Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin All these senses can be felt thanks to our organs.
Today, a lot of controversy has arisen regarding this matter. Many people began to question the established fact that humans have five senses. This opinion has been around for a long time, and is based on what a person feels thanks to his senses.

Benefits and harms of emotional state

Sometimes an emotional state can lead to a real disaster. This happens because there is always a need for a balance between negative and positive emotions. If you are too happy, almost to the point of euphoria, you will not be able to concentrate on work or school and will subsequently produce poor results.

This fact is called compensation. We also get harm from negative feelings; we can be sad for so long that we become depressed. We can also benefit from our emotional state. Thanks to some facts that please us, we feel more confident and courageous.

You should take your ability to control your own emotional state very seriously. After all, it has long been proven that oversaturated emotions can cause serious illnesses

Damage to the integrity of your energy shell opens up the possibility of many mental and physical illnesses. In the early stages of this gap, you can correct this situation without much difficulty.

You can seek advice from healers who will explain your problem and help prevent further destruction of the energy shell.

How are feelings different from emotions?

All our sensations are our experiences and relationships to the world around us. We can feel something thanks to our senses; humans have five such sensors. With their help, we receive and can analyze information from the world around us and perceive what is happening. So how many primary senses do humans actually have? Each of us has five senses, namely:

Nose. Allows you to distinguish odors, determine the distance to its source, and navigate the area. This sense is called Smell;
Leather. We can feel the ambient temperature, air humidity, and wind with our entire skin. Each of its cells reacts to stimuli and sends information to the brain, and we feel pain, heat or cold. This feeling is called touch;
Ears. With their help, we can navigate space and hear what is happening around us. Hearing allows us to calculate the approximate distance from the sound source in order to react in time, for example, from falling snow from a roof or a falling tree;
Language. It allows you to taste. The sense of taste helps to determine the degree of spoilage of food in order to consume the freshest food. Taste buds make it possible to distinguish between sour, sweet, salty, fried, and other tastes and flavors;
Eyes. This complex biological device allows humans to see the world around them. Vision is the ability of a sighted person to receive information that enters the brain by converting electromagnetic radiation in the light range in the visual system of the body;

All the information that our brain processes comes through our senses, and then we form our perception and independent knowledge of ourselves and the world around us.

To understand how emotions differ from feelings, you need to spend a little time to study this issue well. One thing can be said, Feelings are acquired human qualities that can be developed throughout life, and emotions are embedded in our genetic code and manifest themselves from birth

For each person, the senses may be differently developed or formed. This way, some people will be able to feel more, while others will feel less. Those moments that bring us more emotional energy are stored in our memory. This can be both negative and positive manifestations. As a result, a certain emotional sensation is formed from the feelings received. Together with events, feelings can evoke in a person good or bad memories that carry a certain emotional connotation.

Neurosis when turning off emotions

Very often we try to “turn off” negative emotions, leaving only positive ones in our lives. Thus, brushing aside what we consider negative, we sweep it away from our life as something unnecessary. Meanwhile, by overcoming this flow, a certain flow of emotions, we can gradually notice that we stop experiencing positive events brightly and intensely. Why? Simply because the emotional flow is not a faucet with cold and hot water. But a single life flow, a flow of energy, there is no good or bad in it, it is neutral. Only our attitude towards our emotions can be good or bad.

I know a huge number of people who were interested in positive psychology, and each time this hobby ended in a nervous breakdown or neurosis...

What to do if “correctly” and “positively” don’t work? First, recognize the unity of these two opposites “positive” and “negative”, good and bad. After all, in nature everything is balanced, and there are no bad or good animals, everything is done for something, for its own special purpose. Secondly, feel how much strength you have, how much resource there is in a flash of anger or in the aggression that you suppress. And learn not to crush this resource, but to work it out. Different ways.

A little about the resource. I know from myself that when you beat a pillow furiously, putting all your strength, all your anger into a situation that you seemingly cannot change, which does not depend on you, and you don’t see a way out... You sit down, tired... There is no more anger, good and calmly. And suddenly an insight occurs, and the path is visible... And now you are grateful to this situation for the fact that it turned out this way, uncomfortable for you. That's what got you going. And it will lead to change.

List of human feelings and emotions

The highly developed sensitivity of the human body allows one to receive more intense emotionality from the influence of external as well as internal factors. It follows that feelings can cause different emotions in people. All our emotions can be divided into two groups, positive and negative, these include such emotional feelings as:

Positive emotions include three main states:

Astonishment;
Interest;
Joy.

And seven feelings that bring negative emotional coloring to people's lives. Such emotional manifestations can be classified as follows:

Guilt;
Charity;
Fear;
Suffering;
Anger;
Shame;
Disgust.

Let's take a closer look at each state separately to understand the depth of a person's emotional state. But first, check out the table of human emotions.

To understand what feelings overcome you most often, you must first study the entire palette of emotional states. If you do not do this, then you will never be able to know yourself and the world around you.

Functions of emotions

Table 1

Functions of emotions

Gamezo M.V.	Ilyin E.P.
Reflective-evaluative; Signal; Protective; Manager; Mobilizing; Compensatory; Disorganizing	Signal; Stabilizing; Protective; Mobilizing; Sanctioning; Compensatory.

Let us consider in detail the functions of emotions in the understanding of Gamezo M.V.

The reflective-evaluative function allows you to generally reflect and evaluate an event before it is determined at the level of consciousness (in thinking).

The signaling function consists of notifying the body (nervous system) and other people about the state of the subject’s needs (their satisfaction or dissatisfaction).

The protective function of emotions is to warn the subject about real or imaginary danger (fear, disgust, etc.). These emotions are stored in memory and in a certain situation are extracted from it in order to perform a protective function.

The executive function is expressed in the fact that emotions are internal regulators of any activity. Optimal productivity occurs with an average level of emotions (O. Hebb).

The mobilizing function lies in the fact that emotions can be stimulants (motives) of activity and behavior, and also influence changes in motives. Emotions are a subjective form of existence of motivation.

The compensatory function allows you to compensate for the shortcomings of other mental phenomena. For example, in a teacher’s monologue speech, emotional elements of speech are useful. They not only decorate speech, but also contribute to a deeper understanding of the material.

The disorganizing function of emotions can manifest itself in disruption of behavior, activity, memory, thinking and other processes due to strong emotions, especially negative ones. However, this does not always happen.

Thus, with the help of emotions, we determine the significance of external influences and evaluate our own behavior. All our victories and defeats are emotionally colored. Many life events are remembered precisely because of the emotions experienced. Knowledge of the emotional characteristics of another person contributes to the understanding of his actions and actions, the establishment of adequate forms and methods of communication with him, and the rational organization of activities.

How to learn to manage your feelings

In order to effectively manage your feelings, you need to clearly classify your own emotional states. It is for this purpose that special criteria for classifying human feelings were developed.

To learn to control or manage your own emotions, you need to carefully study the criteria for choosing feelings and choose the most suitable option that can reflect your inner feeling or experience

Thus, a certain table of feelings was created that will allow each person to understand their own emotional states in order to determine and control their own feelings.

There are three main criteria by which feelings are divided, namely:

Sthenicity;
Valence;
Intensity.

This classification table will help to characterize and understand difficult experiences, and divide them into types:

CRITERIAS OF CHOICE	TYPES OF FEELINGS
Sthenicity	Stenic (encouraging extensive activity)	Asthenic (passive, relaxing)
Valence	Positive	Negative	Neutral
Intensity	Strong	Weak	Medium in strength

If a person experiences a strong sthenic sensation, for example, love. That weak manifestation of it is ordinary sympathy towards another person. Not each of us can define our experiences and sensations, since the number of sensory emotions is large. The definition of feelings can only be guessed at. Most of us, with great difficulty, can identify no more than ten of our own feelings, although we experience no less every day.

According to American psychologist Paul Ekman, there are 7 basic emotions, namely:

Contempt is a negative feeling;
Surprise - an indefinite reaction from a sudden action or expectation;
Anger is a negative feeling that can provoke a person to commit a bad act, even a serious crime;
Joy is one of the best manifestations of emotionality in a person, which can push him to incredible discoveries;
Sadness is the negative side of all human feelings. A person who is sad is usually inactive and unable to engage in productive activities;
Fear is an internal state of the human soul, which is formed for self-preservation;
Disgust also has a negative connotation of emotionality. Just like fear, it helps a person preserve his own body.

High emotionality of a person can change a person’s attitude towards the world around him.
In order to act correctly in a given situation, you first need to understand your inner state and then learn to avoid excessive emotional outbursts that can cause harm to you. No matter what feelings you are experiencing, the following table will help you find a name for the emotional experience of human feelings, based on the four basic emotions:

INITIAL EMOTION	RELATED FEELINGS
Joy	Ecstasy, euphoria, delight, confidence, relief, tenderness, curiosity, cheerfulness, peace, revitalization, happiness, optimism, compassion, dignity, peace, compassion, love, bliss, satisfaction, etc.
Anger	Annoyance, neglect, dissatisfaction, cynicism, jealousy, hatred, rage, rage, anger, aggression, disgust, envy, disgust, contempt, intolerance, disgust, etc.
Sadness	Fatigue, shame, apathy, concern, despair, sadness, boredom, guilt, resentment, depression, oppression, weakness, melancholy, etc.
Fear	Confusion, doubt, uncertainty, worry, nervousness, apprehension, anxiety, confusion, uncertainty, panic, mistrust, etc.

Using these tables, you can clearly understand what feelings cover you at a certain moment in life. In this way, you can understand your internal state and prevent negative influence on the people around you. You can also, after studying this list of emotional states, characterize another person, if necessary.

Theories of emotions

Information theory P.V. Simonova : emotions arise when there is a mismatch between a vital need and the possibility of satisfying it (with a lack of information necessary to achieve the goal); A person's awareness of the means to satisfy a need can relieve emotions.

L. Festinger's cognitive theory : positive emotions - if expectations are confirmed. Negative – if expectations are not confirmed

Biological theory P.K. Anokhina : positive emotions arise if the result of an action matches or exceeds the expected result. The discrepancy leads to anxiety and the search for new combinations that would lead to positive emotions.

Classification of types of emotional phenomena

Man is the most emotional creature. He is capable of experiencing tens of thousands of shades of emotions at different periods of his life, but a person’s vocabulary is limited to 5-6 thousand words, which are not enough to express all these shades. There is no single classification of emotions. Let's present the most common classification in psychology (see Fig. 1).

Types of emotional phenomena (according to the degree of awareness, objectivity, stability and generality)

EMOTIONS (according to strength, speed of occurrence and awareness of the causes of occurrence) 1. Sensual tone; 2. Emotions themselves (basic): joy, surprise, interest, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, guilt; 3. Moods; 4. Affects; 5. Stress.

FEELINGS 1. Moral; 2. Intellectual; 3. Aesthetic; 4. Practical. PASSIONS

Rice. 1. Types of emotional phenomena

In Table 3 we give definitions to the emotional phenomena indicated in the classification.

Table 3

Types of emotional phenomena

Concept	Definition of the concept. Purpose of emotion
Sensual tone -	- these are positive or negative experiences that accompany certain vital influences (taste, temperature, etc.) and encourage the individual to maintain or eliminate them. Many human sensations have a certain emotional connotation. We don’t just smell or taste something, we perceive it as pleasant or unpleasant. When we feel warm or cold, we simultaneously experience pleasure or displeasure. Images of perception, memory, thinking, imagination are also emotionally charged. A.N. Leontiev called this phenomenon “bias” of reflection and considered it one of the essential features of human cognition.
Basic emotions -	- these are emotions that are situational in nature, expressing an evaluative attitude towards developing or possible situations. They are short-term, quite strongly expressed, and the reasons for their occurrence are quite well understood by humans. These emotions have been well studied and 10 main ones have been identified among them (K. Izard). Each basic emotion underlies a whole spectrum of states. Almost all of them can be read by facial expressions.
Joy -	- a positive emotional experience associated with the ability to sufficiently fully satisfy an actual need. Serves to establish contacts with people, retain useful thoughts and actions in memory, and eliminate the negative impact of negative emotions.
Astonishment -	- an emotional reaction to sudden circumstances that does not have a clearly defined positive or negative sign. Serves to extinguish the existing activity of the nervous system and to prepare the body for activity in a new situation.
Interest -	- an emotional reaction to something new, a source of motives for learning and creativity.
Sadness (grief, suffering) -	- an emotional signal of the inability to satisfy vital needs. It manifests itself in chained thoughts to the object of sadness, tears, bitterness in the mouth. Sadness slows down the pace of life, gives you the opportunity to look back, see the future, and in this sense is an adequate state.
Anger -	- an emotional experience, negative in sign, usually occurring in the form of affect and caused by the sudden emergence of a serious obstacle to the satisfaction of an extremely important need for a person (pain, restriction of freedom, physical influence, etc.). Anger ensures the mobilization of all the forces of the body to fight.
Fear -	- a negative emotion that manifests itself when a person receives information about a real or imagined danger; emotional reaction to danger. Fear is a way of activity and protection from strong shocks.
Disgust -	- a negative emotional experience caused by objects (objects, people, circumstances, etc.), contact with which comes into sharp conflict with the ideological, moral or aesthetic principles and attitudes of a person. In evolution it arose as a defense against poisoning.
Contempt -	- a negative emotion that arises in interpersonal relationships and is generated by a mismatch in life positions, views and behavior with the life positions, views and behavior of the object of experience. Contempt is the rejection of another person.
Shame -	- a social emotion that expresses the subject’s awareness of the inconsistency of his actions, thoughts, appearance with the expectations of other people and his own ideas. The experience of shame is an indicator of condemnation of one’s actions and the desire to correct them.
Guilt -	- an emotion that arises when moral and ethical standards . Without the individual’s acceptance of social norms, social norms do not arise. Guilt expresses a person’s condemnation of his action and himself, accompanied by a decrease in self-esteem, repentance and a desire to improve. Experiencing the emotion of guilt is similar to experiencing shame.
Mood -	- a stable, weakly expressed, relatively long-lasting experience that colors a person’s behavior and activity for a considerable time. The reasons are not always clear to the person experiencing them, but they always exist and can be determined. Mood depends on health, self-esteem, level of aspirations, character, etc. It is an emotional reaction not to the direct impact of certain events, but to their significance in a person’s life in the context of his life plans, interests and expectations. Mood is an individual’s unconscious assessment of how favorable circumstances are for him. Can be joyful and sad, cheerful and depressed, cheerful and depressed, calm and irritated. It indicates that a person is determined and ready to react in a certain way. S.L. Rubinstein believed that, 1) it is not objective, but personal; 2) this is not a special experience dedicated to some particular event, but a diffuse, general state. Other people, their attitude, their attention, care, even just their facial expressions shape a person’s mood. Repeated often, mood can become a stable personality trait (pessimists and optimists). The older a person is, the more stable and constant his mood becomes. Mood leaves a significant imprint on a person’s behavior: it can stimulate or suppress his activity. When a positive mood prevails, a person easily experiences temporary failures and disappointments. Therefore, it is important to be able to manage your mood (through reflection, self-knowledge, introspection, mastery of the means of mental self-regulation).
Affect -	- an emotional experience that arises suddenly, quickly takes possession of a person, proceeds rapidly, characterized by a change in consciousness, a violation of volitional control. It occurs in extreme conditions, when a person does not see a constructive way out of an existing situation. The cause of affect is most often a conflict between a person’s strong attraction, desire, desire for something and the objective impossibility of satisfying the urges that arise. When affected, the volume of consciousness narrows and is limited to a small number of ideas and perceptions that are closely related to the emotion being experienced, and all the forces of the body are mobilized. The forms of its manifestation are anger, delight, ecstasy, horror, despair or stupor, stiffness. The affect ends with a loss of strength, fatigue and even fainting, since extremely strong excitement, having passed the limit of the working capacity of nerve cells, is replaced by unconditional protective inhibition, emotional shock. Impaired consciousness can lead to the inability to subsequently remember episodes of the event that caused the affect, or the event as a whole ( complete amnesia ). Expressing emotions in the form of affect is not desirable. With the exception of rare cases of the development of pathological affect, accompanied by deep clouding of consciousness, a person is responsible for his actions committed in a state of passion. It would be wrong to think that affect is completely uncontrollable. Despite the apparent suddenness, it has certain stages of development. And if at the final stages, when a person completely loses control over himself, it is almost impossible to stop, then in the beginning any normal person can do this. Of course, this requires enormous volitional efforts, all the more significant the more the affective state has developed. The most important thing here is to delay the onset of affect, “extinguish” the outbreak, restrain yourself, and not lose control over your behavior. There are special techniques that help a person cope with a strong emotion and prevent it from turning into passion. To do this, it is recommended to notice and realize an unwanted emotion in time, analyze its origins, release muscle tension and relax using the following techniques: breathe deeply and rhythmically; attract a pre-prepared “duty image” of a pleasant event in your life; try to look at yourself from the outside, separate the experience itself from the object that “caused it,” etc. Thus, affect can be prevented, but this requires endurance, self-control, special training, and the development of moral qualities of the individual. Almost all experienced affects are remembered. Their influence on the psyche is so great that often even a memory causes a reaction of trace affect. A person, in his memory, seems to be reliving it. Having studied the mechanism of trace affect, A.R. Luria in the early 1930s. created the first lie detector. Its action was based on the fact that when naming words associated with experienced affect, a person unconsciously exhibits a complex of vegetative and motor reactions. Initially, the lie detector was used to answer questions during the interrogation of defendants and witnesses. Now it is not used in domestic criminology, firstly, for ethical reasons, and secondly, because of the possibility of obtaining unreliable information, i.e. the same type of change in vegetative indicators occurs with different emotions.
Stress – Physiological stress – Information stress – Emotional stress – Depression –	- neuropsychic stress caused by extremely strong extreme exposure; the state of the necessary total mobilization of the body’s forces and mental activity to find a way out of a very difficult, dangerous situation (Enikeev M.I.). - this is a nonspecific response of the body to any demand presented to it, which helps it adapt to the difficulty that has arisen and cope with it (G. Selye). With the help of stress, the body mobilizes itself entirely to adapt to a situation that cannot be dealt with by ordinary means. Stress is a natural part of human life, and not all stress is harmful. Stress, according to Hans Selye (1907-1982), a Canadian biologist, physician and psychologist, is a nonspecific response of the body to any demand presented to it (adaptation syndrome). It manifests itself in incoherence of speech, confusion, memory impairment, etc. It occurs in three stages (G. Selye): 1) anxiety – mobilization of all the body’s defenses to adapt to a situation that cannot be dealt with by conventional means (eustress). This is manifested in the intensification of the work of internal organs, in improving the volume and stability of attention, and in increasing efficiency. A person is internally ready to overcome obstacles; he is characterized by faith in success. But already at this stage, increased excitation from the centers of the brain spreads to the peripheral parts and internal organs; 2) stabilization - the situation is consolidated, there is an overexpenditure of adaptive forces (distress). All systems of the body, brought out of balance, begin to function at the maximum level. Externally, the behavior differs little from the norm, everything seems to be getting better, but internally there is an overexpenditure of adaptation reserves. If the effect of stress factors continues, the third stage begins; 3) exhaustion, resulting in deterioration in health, illness (nervous or somatic ) and even death. A feature of stress is that a person reacts not only to danger or a real worsening of the situation, but also to the threat of it. For example, stress often arises not only in the situation of job loss or divorce, but also in the fear of losing a job or in anxious anticipation of the breakdown of a marital relationship. Behavior under stress is different from affective behavior. Under stress, a person, as a rule, can control his emotions, analyze the situation, and make adequate decisions. If it lasts for a long time, serious problems arise. Read also: It’s not about you: 20 phrases on how to politely refuse a man without offending him People experience stress in different ways (lion stress (danger spurs a person, forces him to act boldly and courageously; activity increases, forces are mobilized, activity efficiency increases) or rabbit stress (can cause disorganization of activity, a sharp drop in its effectiveness, passivity and general braking)). Not a single person manages to live and work without experiencing stress. Everyone experiences severe life losses, conflicts, and stress when performing difficult or responsible work from time to time. Some people cope with stress more easily than others, e.g. are stress resistant. Based on the type of stressor and the nature of its influence, stress is distinguished between physiological and psychological. — the body’s reaction to a threatening situation (pain, blood loss, breathing problems, etc.). Psychological stress is divided into informational and emotional. - a type of stress that occurs in a situation of significant information overload, when a person cannot cope with the task of processing incoming information and does not have time to make the right decisions at the required pace (especially with high responsibility for the consequences of decisions made). This type of stress is characterized by a decrease in the volume and concentration of attention, increased distractibility, inability to concentrate, memory deterioration, an increase in the number of errors and wrong decisions, thinking becomes confused, unable to assess existing conditions or predict results. — a type of stress (R. Lazarus) that occurs when a person is emotionally overloaded; Most authors associate its occurrence with situations of threat, resentment, danger, etc. The consequences of this type of stress are the following. Tension, anxiety, and restlessness increase. Painful suspiciousness appears, the feeling of health disappears. Sleep gets worse. The consumption of drugs and stimulants is increasing. Personality characteristics change: neat people can become slobs, sociable people can become gloomy and withdrawn. Life goals can be abandoned, hobbies abandoned. Depression, feelings of helplessness, or emotional outbursts may occur. Responsibility for what happens is often placed on other people. Thoughts and phrases containing a threat of suicide arise. — an affective state characterized by a negative emotional background, a change in the motivational sphere (decreased or complete lack of interest in the world around us, etc.), cognitive ideas and general passivity of behavior. Ways to reduce the psychotraumatic impact of stressful situations: 1) rationalization of an impending negative event, its comprehensive analysis, reducing the degree of its uncertainty, getting used to it, preliminary adjoining to it, eliminating the effect of surprise; 2) depreciation, reduction in the significance of a stressful situation; 3) extreme mental intensification of possible negative consequences of upcoming events (reality may turn out to be easier than expected crisis situations).
Emotional burnout -	— the mental state of healthy people who are in intensive and close communication with clients and patients in an emotionally charged atmosphere when providing professional assistance; manifests itself in emotional and/or physical devastation: a feeling of emotional tension and a feeling of emptiness; in this case, an indifferent and even negative attitude arises towards people served by the nature of their work, the consequences of which are irritability and conflict. Emotional burnout also leads to a decrease in labor productivity, self-esteem competence, increased dissatisfaction with oneself and a negative attitude towards oneself as an individual. Reasons : monotony and monotony of work, inadequate management, lack of conditions for career and professional growth, professional inconsistency, socio-psychological disadaptation, etc. Internal conditions influencing the occurrence of emotional burnout: accentuations of a certain type of character, high anxiety, high aggressiveness, conformity, inadequate level of aspirations, etc. Emotional burnout hinders professional and personal growth and, like stress, leads to psychosomatic disorders. Means of prevention: optimization of working conditions, psychological correction of emotional disorders in the early stages, etc.
Anxiety -	- a state of unconscious threat, a feeling of apprehension and anxious anticipation, or a feeling of vague anxiety.
Anxiety -	— a person’s tendency to experience anxiety, a state of conscious or unconscious anticipation of the impact of a stressor, frustrator; a fairly stable personality trait.
Panic -	- a motivational mental state associated with the manifestation of mass fear of a real or imaginary threat, a state of periodic fear, horror, growing in the process of mutual infection by them.
Frustration -	- an extremely emotionally intense negative state associated with the emergence of an obstacle that is insurmountable for a given individual in achieving a goal that is significant to him. (Enikeev M.I.) If the causes of frustration cannot be eliminated, a deep depressive state may occur, associated with significant and prolonged disorganization of the psyche (weakening of memory, ability to think logically, etc.). It manifests itself in unbearably painful, oppressive mental stress, in a feeling of despair, hopelessness, extreme aggressiveness towards the frustrator. The depth depends on the significance of the target being blocked and its proximity. Neuroses and character deformations may also occur: persistent self-doubt, low self-esteem and level of aspirations, rigidity (inability to change behavior programs). The intractability of frustration is due to the fact that a person cannot eliminate the causes of this condition. Therefore, he looks for some kind of compensating outlets, goes into the world of dreams, and sometimes returns to earlier stages of mental development (regresses). A person’s resistance to frustrators depends on the degree of his emotional excitability, type of temperament , and experience of interaction with such factors. What to do? Behave rationally, lower your level of claims, come to terms with difficulties, etc.
Euphoria -	- a mental state (mood), which is characterized by carelessness, serenity, complacency, carelessness and at the same time an indifferent attitude towards the serious aspects and phenomena of life. Euphoria is caused by alcohol, drugs, spectators for artists, etc.

Feelings

Feelings are the most developed and complex form of emotional processes in a person; they are formed under the conditions of his life in society.

Higher feelings are a special form of experience associated with more complex spiritual needs, which contain all the richness of truly human relationships. The objects of these feelings are individuals, groups of people, cultural objects, works of art and literature. The education of higher feelings is of a cultural and historical nature, associated with the awareness and acceptance of universal human values, knowledge of national characteristics, folk traditions and rituals (MSPU).

Division of feelings into three varieties

In order not to fall into a depressed state, a person must realize that how he will deal with his inner experiences depends only on him.
A long stay in oppression can develop into a chronic psychological illness. To understand what feelings there are, you can guess and make a lot of assumptions. After all, each of us can perceive certain feelings differently. Some people are capable of experiencing experiences very deeply and for a long time, while others are given the ability to have short-term emotional experiences. Each person is able to feel depending on his character, principle or accumulated experience in life, and the difference in feelings also depends on the person’s temperament.

Moral feelings

They manifest themselves in people in relation to each other or in relation to their own actions. As a rule, the classification of feelings is determined by the subject’s sphere of residence in society. This gives rise to the following emotional manifestations:

hatred;
Love;
sympathy;
antipathy;
charity;
respect for other subjects;
feeling of conscience, gratitude.

This also includes friendship and collective affection.

All these qualities manifest themselves depending on the norms of moral behavior accepted in social society. In addition, such sensations can be caused depending on a person’s worldview and his outlook on life and established beliefs. In the case when an action corresponds to accepted moral standards, a person will feel satisfaction, but if actions do not correspond to recognized canons, then people will feel dissatisfied.

Intellectual feelings

Mental experience caused by mental activity. When a person gets positive results from his work, he will feel joy, peace and joy. Such feelings motivate people to make new discoveries or become more productive. But if you fail in your endeavors, then there will be a feeling of frustration and painful perception that will cause reduced efficiency or complete refusal to complete any tasks.

Aesthetic feelings

When you witness something beautiful, you will receive a lot of positive emotions. When contemplating beautiful landscapes, objects of art, looking at talented people or creating beautiful creations, you begin to experience a feeling of delight and bliss that gives you strength for new discoveries and motivates you to do great things.

This is not a complete list; in fact, the palette of emotions and feelings is so vast that it is impossible to describe in words all emotional experiences. But, nevertheless, this is more than enough to classify the main emotional components.

Joy

This is a universal fixing feeling. It arises when a person perceives the surrounding and internal environment only as good and favorable. A person experiences a feeling of joy when positive events occur. This can be both external and internal, for example, a person remembered something good, and this allowed him to feel joy. Both an expected event and an unexpected but desired event can cause joy.

What is the actual difference between feelings and emotions?

When experiencing certain emotional experiences, we feel positive or negative emotions with all the sensors of our body. Not everyone can express such worries in verbal form. However, understanding feelings allows us not only to identify them qualitatively, but also to completely control these emotional experiences.

It is very important not to confuse emotions and feelings, since there are many opinions on this matter. Many people believe that these are the same thing. But in reality this is completely wrong

As we have already found out, feelings are a set of certain experiences in relation to the people around us, as well as objects around us or some events.

Many individuals interpret the words “feelings” and “emotions” differently: Some believe that they are the same thing, others are sure that feelings are a type of human emotional state. But there are those who think that emotions are the mental state of a living organism, and feelings are properties of the mental state. Any opinion has a place to be, since in reality feelings and emotions are interconnected. Thanks to these spiritual experiences, we can enjoy our lives, but without them we would simply exist. This emotional palette makes our lives varied and exciting, and each of us finds the meaning of life thanks to these sensations.

It is very important to learn to control your own feelings and emotions so as not to fall into a state of depression or apathy. If a person remains in this state for a long time. then it will be very difficult to return him to normal life and make him happy

So what is the difference between feelings and emotions? In fact, there are specific differences, namely:

Each of us is filled with emotions from birth. These are instinctive reactions of people that change depending on changes in the world around us, and feelings develop throughout our lives in social society. We acquire the ability to feel as a result of our upbringing and knowledge, that is, training. As everyone knows, we have been able to express emotions since our birth, but people learn to feel throughout their lives.

Human feelings are easier to control, but emotional attitude cannot be controlled, since it is part of our instinctive nature.

As a rule, feelings can change during a person’s life, they can either progress and develop, or completely disappear; their manifestation can take place in different ways and completely change their “polarity”. Emotion is always the same.

When a person experiences a negative feeling towards an object or another person, then such an attitude can change at any moment, and develop into the opposite feeling - for example, if you experience hatred, then such a feeling can change into a feeling of love for some object. But, the reason for fear always remains unchanged; if you experience this emotion, then there is no likelihood of it changing, since there is an instinctive reason for this. There are two options: either you are afraid of something or not.

The main motivation is a feeling, and emotion causes a short-term desire to do something and make it a reality.

Suppression of feelings

Suppression of feelings is a special type of control that is aimed at making a person simply become emotionless. Before we consider methods of suppressing feelings and emotions, I would like to clarify that this can lead to harmful consequences for you and your environment. Therefore, we recommend that you weigh the pros and cons when this question arises before you.

Is it possible to learn to suppress feelings?

Yes, there are many techniques for suppressing feelings. People come to this question for many reasons, some of which are:

Unrequited love;
A loss;
Betrayal;
Constant accusations from others of being too emotional;
Psychological trauma.

Should you suppress your feelings?

In reality, extreme suppression of your feelings and emotions is not necessary. Firstly, it is important to always remain yourself, express yourself and your emotions. Secondly, you don’t need to convince yourself that “no one will accept an emotional person like me.” There will always be that person who will appreciate you. Thirdly, unemotionality is only a temporary measure; it is not a panacea for all problems that arise.

Therefore, the answer to the question “Is it necessary to suppress your feelings” is unequivocal - no, it is not necessary.

How to suppress your feelings

In rare and exceptional situations, you can use a short-term technique to suppress your emotional and sensual urges. This may be due to stress, overload (physical and moral), problems in life. Therefore, we can recommend two main ways to suppress feelings – psychological and medicinal.

Some people tend to minimize their feelings in a stressful situation

Psychological methods of suppression

“How to kill emotions in yourself?”, “How to completely turn off emotions and feelings?” – these are quite common questions among the population, especially in the period 14-30 years old. Before you use any methods, remember that suppression can lead to psychological problems and psychosomatics (the appearance of physiological diseases). Scientists have proven that the connection between the psychological state and the body is inseparable. In the absence of ways to release emotions, many problems can arise - headaches, migraines, blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, heart disease, etc.

So, what steps can you take to suppress your sensual side:

Again, an important stage is awareness of your emotions. Before you “disable” them, you will have to understand their reasons;
Remember that self-suppression should be done in a healthy way - do not overdo it;
Accept your emotional background - admit that you may experience this or that feeling, that this is normal and does not indicate your vulnerability;
Find a way to release your emotions. For example, you like to draw - draw and depict your feelings on a piece of paper;
Find a place where you feel safe, which will allow you to talk and talk to yourself about the interrupted emotional experience without remorse;
Keep diaries. Diaries are a good way of control; in them you can learn about the reasons and direct methods of suppressing yourself;
Keep yourself busy. Have you been wanting to make a change for a long time? Want to do some spring cleaning? Maybe you have long dreamed of playing sports on a regular basis? Then it's time for this. Try to keep yourself busy so that unnecessary thoughts do not distract you;
Engage in reflection - this is a really effective way to understand yourself and what you feel about yourself and other people;
Maintain emotional distance from all people. Do not allow yourself to be frank, become attached, or depend on anyone;
Meditation can also be a good and effective method;
Do these 10 techniques over a long period of time so that this emotional distancing becomes a habit.

To control emotions and feelings, you need to keep diaries - record your condition daily

Medicinal methods of suppression

There is no cure called “Switching off emotions” because it is not possible on a pharmacological level. However, some remedies help dampen their intensity.

You should not use any medications without a doctor's prescription. Be careful what you use and in what doses.

There are several groups of drugs that can reduce the intensity of feelings and emotions:

Nootropics;
Neuroleptics;
Antidepressants;
Tranquilizers.

All these drugs must be prescribed by a doctor. They are dangerous in overdoses. For the most part, a psychotherapist can prescribe a drug to you if he believes that your emotional state can only be normalized with the help of it. For example, antidepressants are often prescribed. But this is also not a panacea, since all drugs have a long “Withdrawal” period.

How to learn to control your feelings

In those moments when emotional experiences capture our consciousness, regardless of whether they are positive or negative, the psychological shell of a person suffers. To experience well-being, you need to know how to properly cope with negative or positive feelings. Both of them can cause serious damage to a person’s moral and physical health. Therefore, you need to know the measure of joy and sorrow.

It is very important to understand the boundary between positive and negative emotions. The first step to learning to control your feelings and emotions is to study basic emotional manifestations. You just need to choose the most suitable option from the tables that are located above in the text

In order to control your inner experiences, you need to treat your emotional mood correctly. Therefore you need to consider the following:

First, you must identify the criteria for your feelings as indicated in the first table. These are sthenicity, valence and intensity. After this, move on to the second stage.
Select the initial emotion from the second table. Think about which feelings from this list suit you best.
And finally, determine the name of your emotional state, and independently understand what emotional disturbances are troubling you.

Very often our inner experiences overcome a person’s mind, such that he cannot live in peace. He loses his appetite, suffers from insomnia, and the most negative thoughts creep in that harm the entire body. The longer severe unrest lasts, the greater the likelihood of self-harm and being in a long-term depressive state. Long-term stress has a detrimental effect on a person, and accordingly, the people around him begin to suffer.

To learn how to manage your internal state, each person must choose his own table of feelings in order to become more successful and not endanger his life and the lives of his loved ones.

Recognizing Negative Experiences

Many psychological attitudes originate in childhood and adolescence. One of the most unpleasant, but at the same time widespread: “Why should I express my feelings, no one takes them seriously.” Most often this is started by parents, but it can also “grow up” at school.

Another belief is often instilled among children: “If I behave sincerely, everyone will laugh at me.”

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These psychological traps can haunt you throughout your life. There is a certainty that emotions are dangerous. But, if you look around, it becomes clear: such thoughts are no longer relevant.

At the end it says

We now know how many basic senses humans have and how they can help people feel. In addition, we figured out what emotions are and how feelings relate to them. It is quite difficult to count the exact number of emotions and feelings, since there are a large number of them. Some say that there are only 5 of them. Some people think that there are more than 15, and others cannot decide on the number at all, thinking that there are many more of them. But, based on scientific research, we can safely say that there are 5 main organs. They allow us humans to feel. Although there are some contradictions on this issue, these are just modern assumptions.

Should you take your anger out on your child?

Psychologists say that sometimes you can and should direct and throw out your steam on a child. Consciously, at some point, we act not as we should, but as we want. At the same time, understanding that we do not break down, but choose the moment and reaction ourselves. We release steam, but there is no breakdown. That is, we allow ourselves a controlled outbreak, which, thanks to control, will pass with full awareness of the consequences.

And most importantly, the child will suffer much less, since the mother does not become hysterical, but simply releases negativity! That is, as in the method of communication through the acceptance of feelings, everyone wins here - both mother and child.

Summarizing

So, emotions are an important chemical process inside the human brain that regulates the psychological part of his life.

Feelings help us respond to any stimuli from the outside world. As a rule, they are accompanied by some changes in the body. They are divided into several types and have many functions. They brighten up our lives and, without any doubt, are our internal guidelines that help us choose the right step in any situation.

People need to be sure to respect their emotions and not keep them inside, as this can be dangerous due to the possibility of falling into depression and other mental illnesses.