I have been thinking about making a post for this for some time. I have been working with the emotional wheel that @MrMoonlight posted in another thread and thought it might be a good idea to reference it to see if I.others might find it helpful in practicing identifying current emotions.
I think part of my problem with emotions is that I feel a bunch of them at the same time. I am hoping this thread will help me learn how to tease out an emotion and put it in writing.
Following is a reference to a pretty good article. The interesting thing is that this site says there are 34K emotions! No wonder I am overwhelmed at times!
Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: What is it and How to Use it in Counseling?
And here is the wheel that I use to help me zero in on what I am feeling. Hmmm, now that I think about it, I am not certain I can put the image in here without breaching the forum rules? Admins? It would be really helpful if I could.
If not, here is the link that I will be using.
Emotion Wheel
I start in the centre and identify one of the core emotions (Happy, Sad etc), then I look at the breakdown of that category and identify what that may be and then finally, an emotion in the outer part of the circle. Sometimes I have to do it backwards and start on the outside edge and work my way in.
I think part of my problem with emotions is that I feel a bunch of them at the same time. I am hoping this thread will help me learn how to tease out an emotion and put it in writing.
Following is a reference to a pretty good article. The interesting thing is that this site says there are 34K emotions! No wonder I am overwhelmed at times!
Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: What is it and How to Use it in Counseling?
And here is the wheel that I use to help me zero in on what I am feeling. Hmmm, now that I think about it, I am not certain I can put the image in here without breaching the forum rules? Admins? It would be really helpful if I could.
If not, here is the link that I will be using.
Emotion Wheel
I start in the centre and identify one of the core emotions (Happy, Sad etc), then I look at the breakdown of that category and identify what that may be and then finally, an emotion in the outer part of the circle. Sometimes I have to do it backwards and start on the outside edge and work my way in.
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