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5 Things Nobody Told You About Your Emotions
Many people don’t know much about how emotions work and how to make them work in their favor
Understanding your emotions is not only crucial for dealing with difficult situations better but also for improving your well-being and quality of life.
Here are five things about emotions that can change how you handle them and how they impact your life.
How you feel about a situation is based on how you appraise it.
When things happen, we tend to appraise them against various criteria and then base how we feel on those appraisals.
Let’s say you’re walking in the dark, and suddenly someone is running at you. At first, it’s scary. You’re thinking they’re coming to attack you.
But as soon as you recognize who the person is, you quickly reassess the situation, and that initial fear can turn into relief and joy.
We do this in real-time, appraising and feeling as situations unfold, or reflectively by thinking about what happened and what could happen.
When we think about the past or future, it can stir up both positive and negative feelings.
No matter how you do it, the way you look at a situation and decide how much it matters to you…
