Are we always seeking the next emotional high?
Researchers have studied emotions for decades considering the intensity, duration, variables, triggers, and situations.
๐ผ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐.
The intensity of positive emotions can feel energetic or motivating, but could it ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ?
Emma Seppรคlรค, Ph.D. suggests that intense emotions could be depleting us, using up levels of physical or cognitive energy.
Many of us come home feeling mentally and physically overdone.
โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ.โ
Emma Seppรคlรค, Ph.D. and Jeanne Tsai conducted studies at Stanford University asking Americans how they would like to feel.
Culturally, Westerners, and particularly Americans, prefer high-intensity positive emotions. East Asian cultures and philosophies seek Zen, calm, and serenity.
Observing and acknowledging our emotions more appropriately may help us to regulate the extreme charge and intensity.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐: ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ถ๐?
Highly intense emotions may work to boost teams in the short term, but they are physiologically and psychologically taxing over time.
Our heart rate increases, sweat glands activate, and we startle easily (which happens in burnout too).
๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐.
In an attempt to counter this, we need our caffeine and sugar to jolt us and delay weariness.
Enthusiasm and excitement feel very dynamic and powerful. So, give all your vitality to your projects or celebrations, but offer time to rest and renew for health and wellness.
Developing awareness of the magnitude of your positive and negative emotions, as well as the effects on your body and mind, can help you to try and regulate more to preserve your resilience and wellbeing.
What do you do to “rest and digest?”
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