Thanks, corboy!
I love this list of words!
I see words here that I've been looking for my entire life, but could never find within the English language.
I also like the concept of emotional granularity, and I think you're right.
If someone were to start describing a negative emotion at L.E., someone would often rush in and try to distract them from it. It is counterproductive, in terms of actually processing. I always felt that they were trying to paint over it, instead.
On some occasions, they might seem to go with it momentarily, but would then steer it back around to where the negative emotion was "inauthentic," (and I really can't conceive of anything more inauthentic than that last bit). Sometimes, we have to authentically be allowed to say, "No ~ I really do feel this way right now," and be allowed to process that.
I love this list of words!
I see words here that I've been looking for my entire life, but could never find within the English language.
I also like the concept of emotional granularity, and I think you're right.
If someone were to start describing a negative emotion at L.E., someone would often rush in and try to distract them from it. It is counterproductive, in terms of actually processing. I always felt that they were trying to paint over it, instead.
On some occasions, they might seem to go with it momentarily, but would then steer it back around to where the negative emotion was "inauthentic," (and I really can't conceive of anything more inauthentic than that last bit). Sometimes, we have to authentically be allowed to say, "No ~ I really do feel this way right now," and be allowed to process that.
