Negative emotions — fear, hostility, upset, irritation, guilt, shame, despair, anger …
Negative emotions are emotions that are born on the basis of a negative mood and a negative worldview.
Negative emotions are not bad emotions. They are often adequate and useful, and in a small intensity — and attractive.
The list of negative emotions is indefinite, since there is no clear criterion for separating negative and positive emotions.
The criterion for separating positive and negative emotions
“Positive emotions are those that a person strives for, negative emotions that a person avoids.” In this case, we can say that there is a statistical majority, let’s say 70 percent, who avoid the experience from the negative list. At the same time, for (approximately) 20 percent, these emotions will be neutral, and for 10 percent, they will be attractive. These are people who are drawn to fear, hostility, for whom anger is attractive …
One of the criteria is what is a prerequisite for emotion: if the starting point for emotion was dissatisfaction with the outside world, non-acceptance, denial of it — the emotion is negative (negative — from English — negative).
Negative emotions, like any other emotions, are inextricably linked with beliefs. For example, behind the habit of resentment, there are usually two kinds of beliefs: beliefs «good — bad» («G.e.st — this is bad!») And beliefs about how to react to something «bad» because it’s outrageous!»). If the first belief (“Gu.e.st is bad!”) is rather reasonable and adequate, then the second belief (“Gu.e.st you need to be indignant!”) is quite debatable. The policeman will stop the police because it violates public order, and it is not obvious that something will anger him.