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Know Thyself - World of Emotions: Madhavi Gadkari Student Counselor, NIFT 9422009853

This document discusses emotions and the world of feelings. It makes three key points: 1) Emotions have physiological, psychological, and behavioral components and are experienced at both mental and physical levels simultaneously. They can be primary emotions like joy and anger, or secondary emotions which are mixes of primary emotions. 2) Emotions develop throughout childhood as people learn emotional responses from caregivers and experiences with rewards and punishments shape emotional algorithms. Early childhood experiences have long-lasting impacts on adult relationships and behavior in stress. 3) Understanding one's own thinking self and feeling self is important because emotional biases, preferences and stress responses can unconsciously influence one's relationships and style of thinking without full awareness. Self-knowledge

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Know Thyself - World of Emotions: Madhavi Gadkari Student Counselor, NIFT 9422009853

This document discusses emotions and the world of feelings. It makes three key points: 1) Emotions have physiological, psychological, and behavioral components and are experienced at both mental and physical levels simultaneously. They can be primary emotions like joy and anger, or secondary emotions which are mixes of primary emotions. 2) Emotions develop throughout childhood as people learn emotional responses from caregivers and experiences with rewards and punishments shape emotional algorithms. Early childhood experiences have long-lasting impacts on adult relationships and behavior in stress. 3) Understanding one's own thinking self and feeling self is important because emotional biases, preferences and stress responses can unconsciously influence one's relationships and style of thinking without full awareness. Self-knowledge

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KNOW THYSELF - WORLD OF

EMOTIONS
Madhavi Gadkari
Student Counselor, NIFT
9422009853
WORLD OF EMOTIONS
 People mention them as… “ Heart felt”…., “Gut
feelings…, “choose feelings over logic!”……, “Dil aur
Dimag ki kashmaksh…, ” “Logical v/s emotional”….
and so on

 Do we have different dimensions of ‘self’


i.e. Thinking self & Feeling self
`WHY STUDY FEELINGS?
 The world around us emphasizes
planned, predictable, logical behavior in interpersonal,
social and professional relations
 Reacting to situations ‘emotionally’ is not taken
positively
 We learn to control, monitor and modify emotions even
before we are truly aware of them
 ….And still have emotional problems…
THE END RESULT….

Confusion.. & Emotional


fatigue
FEELINGS

 Emotions, emotional reactions… etc. are scientific terms used


for Feelings

 Emotions are experienced at psychological and physical levels,


simultaneously
EMOTIONS: LAYPERSONS EXPERIENCE
 Poetry, literature, paintings, sculptures, dance music etc.
depict the emotional experiences using physical
terminology such as…
~Pounding heart, blushing, Goose pimples, Chill down
the spine, Spinning head, churning stomach…and so on
 Emotions are experienced by oneself without external
inputs also
EMOTIONS: LAYPERSONS EXPERIENCE
 Expressing emotions by using physical terminology is
the most obvious experience common to everybody.
 Are there hidden dimensions in the process of
experiencing Emotions…. Let’s find out..
EMOTIONS AND ITS COMPONENTS

 Physiological experiences
 Psychological experiences

 Expression

 Socially acceptable expression

 Behavioral output

 Thinking processes
EARLY THEORIES
EMOTIONS: SOME BASIC FACTS AND
PROCESSES

 Emotions commonly recognized across the globe are called


primary emotions. These are:

JOY, SURPRISE,
EXCITEMENT
SOME MORE PRIMARY EMOTIONS

ANGER, DISGUST, DISTRESS,

FEAR, SHAME
SECONDARY EMOTIONS

 Mix of more than few primary emotions

 Subtle in expression

 Difficult to decipher in case of unfamiliarity with person’s


background
SECONDARY EMOTIONS
 Highly influenced & modified by personal, social and
cultural Factors

 Secondary emotions indicate enhanced human


development in terms of sophisticated, symbolized
emotional expression instead of using direct and
unmodified primary emotion
INDIAN ART FORMS

In the Indian context we have a


long history in art and
performing arts, which
describes nine primary
emotions, called as ‘Navras’
COLOURS AND FEELINGS
EMOTIONS & BODY: HOW’S & WHY’S

 Some specific structures


in the brain, some
hormones
(neurochemicals) and
some parts of our
nervous system comprise
the emotional apparatus
in human beings
EMOTIONS & BODY: HOW’S & WHY’S
 The felt emotion (in the brain) influences various body
parts via autonomic nervous system’s activation of soft
muscles
 Hence heart, head, stomach,feet, hands,
mouth,throat………become day-to-day medium of
expressing emotions
EMOTIONS & BODY: HOW’S & WHY’S

The Good News

 You can train, condition and regulate your bodily


involvement in emotional expression through various
psychological techniques and processes
POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND ASSOCIATED
NEUROTRANSMITER
PSYCHOLOGICAL MATURING:STORY OF
EMOTIONAL GROWTH

 Immense importance of
early childhood years

 Intense learning through


emotional relations with
parents
PSYCHOLOGICAL MATURING:STORY OF
EMOTIONAL GROWTH

From simple
copycat of Mom-
Dad……
….we learn to
develop own
emotional
algorithms
PSYCHOLOGICAL MATURING:STORY OF
EMOTIONAL GROWTH

 Childhood experiences contribute in development of adult


ego, super ego according to Sigmund Freud
 Other theorists emphasize the role of environment in terms
of rewards-punishment
TRUTH LIES IN BETWEEN….
THE LONG LASTING IMPACT

Our search for satisfying adult relations/


partnerships leads us to look for …
“husband just like my dad……. wife
cooking exactly like mom…..”.
When under unbearable stress, we may
sometime slip back to old patterns of
emoting with others……… Beyond our
conscious knowledge or awareness
WE THE GROWN-UP PEOPLE

 The Adult Persona


seems to have traces of
this growth story all
over us…..of course,
the learning goes on
later also
 This part of us may be
called ….Feeling Self
Thinking-Self
depicts
intellectual
Thinking
growth

Persona

Feelings Action
RELATIONSHIPS: INTERPLAY OF
EMOTIONS
 Beyond our conscious knowledge or awareness we
bring-in our own Thinking & Feeling self While~
Relating with others
 Our emotional
communication may
match or mismatch
KNOWING ONESELF IS GOOD
BEGINNING
 Internal world of likes-dislikes, must-must not,
preferred-not preferred feelings can affect the style of
thinking
 Personal biases (both +/-), blind spots need extra efforts
to reach
 Your style of facing bad situations may differ from
others
 Gender plays a significant role
So…

I’m trying to know


Myself.
Do not disturb..!!

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