The 12 Laws of Emotions

Emotions are our feelings, they guide our feelings, experiences, stabilize our balance or disharmony in life. We can feel them every day in our body like tingling, hot spots, muscle tension, or "heart-pounding".

Emotions are what determine our mood, which is nothing more than a sustained emotional state. Mood influences our judgment and changes the way we process the information we receive and make decisions. That is why it is so important to know, understand, and learn how to deal with our emotions.

1. The law of situational significance

The first law says that emotions simply derive from situations. In general, the same types of situations will create the same types of emotional responses. Loss hurts us, gains make us happy, and frightening things frighten us.

2. The law of care

We feel anxious when we care about someone/something or when we have an interest in what is happening, whether it is an object, ourselves, or another person. Emotions arise from these goals, motivations, or worries. When we don't have to worry, we don't experience strong emotions.

3. The law of apparent reality

Anything that seems real to us may require an emotional response. In other words, the way we appreciate or interpret a situation determines the emotion we feel. The reason why weak films, plays, or books like this don't move us emotionally is that, in a way, we fail to detect the truth. Similarly, it is difficult to become emotionally connected to things that are not obvious under our noses.

For example, the pain may not appear when we are told about the death of a loved one, but only when it becomes real to us in some way - say when we pick up the phone to call them, forgetting that they are no more.

4,5,6. The laws of feeling change, habit, and comparison

The law of habit presupposes that in life we ​​become accustomed to our circumstances, whatever they may be. Therefore, emotions are more responsive to change. This means that we always compare what happens with a stationary scene or a reference (with what we are used to doing). As a result, our emotions tend to respond more promptly to changes that are relative to this scene or reference.

7. The law of hedonic asymmetry

There are certain dreadful situations to which we will never adjust. When circumstances are severe enough, unpleasant emotions like dread and worry become tough to overcome. Positive feelings, on the other hand, fade away over time.

No matter how much we love someone, how much money we make, or how many drugs we use, good emotions like pleasure always fade if they are not fed regularly.

8. The law of preserving emotional momentum

Time does not heal all wounds - or if it does, it does. Events can retain their emotional power over the years if we don't go through them again and re-evaluate them. Long-term re-experimentation and redefinition are what reduce the emotional charge of an event. That is why events that have not been re-evaluated maintain their emotional power over the years.

9. The law of conclusion

We tend to respond to our emotions rigidly. Emotions frequently lead to rash behavior of any type. To put it another way, emotional responses are closed to any aim other than one's own, as well as any rational thinking that may dampen the response.

An emotion clings to us and sends us decisively down a certain path, until later, when a different emotion sends us down a diametrically opposite path.

10. The Law of Care for Consequences

Naturally, people consider the results of their emotions and change them accordingly. For example, anger can provoke violent feelings toward someone else, so people generally refrain from stabbing each other. Instead, they will scream, hit their "walls" or simply "smoke out" quietly. Emotions can dictate a type of response in an absolute way, but people shape the size of the response.

11 & 12 Laws of Load and Highest Gain

The emotional effect of a situation or occurrence is determined by how it is interpreted. Putting a different 'twist' on a situation can change the feeling. The law of charge means that people are especially motivated to use re-interpretations to reduce negative emotions. For example, we can reduce the fear of the credit crunch by creating the illusion that we will not be affected.

The opposite is also true: every time a situation can be re-interpreted for emotional gain, it will be. For example, anger can be used to cause others to withdraw, distress can help, and fear can stop us from rushing to difficult or dangerous tasks.

You may not agree with all of these 'laws', but it is an excellent starting point that provides a very useful way to think about emotions and helps to pave the way for the examination of individual emotions.