Primary emotions

One effective way of checking how you feel everyday is by tracking it. Use any of these free feelings charts for adults and get to know yourself better.

In my opinion, there are primary emotions and secondary emotions. The primary emotions are the core pillars, the basics. Emotions such as madness, sadness, and happiness fall into these categories.…

You can’t always believe everything you feel. Sometimes strong emotions are actually covering up deeper emotions. In the 7th skill in my How to Process your

One effective way of checking how you feel everyday is by tracking it. Use any of these free feelings charts for adults and get to know yourself better.

If you don’t have much practice identifying emotions, it can be a struggle to know what you’re feeling. Just as some people default to feeling annoyed, it’s easy to identify a mental state or a secondary emotion – instead of the underlying emotion. Use this chart to practice noticing how you feel. More at the link! #happiness #mindfulness #emotions

Sometimes, knowing the difference between the two types of emotions can be hard. So dividing them into primary and secondary emotions is a tool that can help you understand the way you feel.

According to Robert Plutchick, professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, there are eight primary emotional dimensions. He developed a classification system known as the “wheel of emotions” that demonstrated how different emotions could occur concurrently.

When I was in treatment my therapist gave me a paper with all the emotions listed on it. I was supposed to refer to it whenever I was confused about my feelings. I was paying how much money to go b…