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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Primary and secondary emotions
Primary emotions
What is felt first
Primary emotions are those that we feel first, as a first response to a situation. Thus, if we are threatened, we may feel fear. When we hear of a death, we may feel sadness. They are unthinking, instinctive responses that we have. We will typically see these in animals also, which confirms our suspicion that they have an evolutionary basis.
Typical primary emotions include fear, anger, sadness and happiness (although it is worth noting that these can also be felt as secondary emotions).
Often transient
The problem sometimes with primary emotions is that they disappear as fast as they appear. Their replacement by secondary emotions complicates the situation, making it difficult to understand what is really going on.
Secondary emotions
What is felt next
Secondary emotions appear after primary emotions. They may be caused directly by them, for example where the fear of a threat turns to anger that fuels the body for a fight reaction. They may also come from more complex chains of thinking.
Simple or mixed feelings
Secondary emotions may be simple feelings or may be a mix as more emotions join the fray. Thus news of a wartime victory may start with feelings of joy, but then get tinged with sadness for the loss of life.
So what?
If you want to diagnose a person's condition, then looking at primary and secondary emotions gives you a fuller picture.
To find the real issue or cause of the person's condition, look for the primary emotion. Do not blindly accept the emotion you see as the primary emotion, but try to find what may have come first.
The secondary emotions give you a picture of the person's mental processing of the primary emotion. Question them, slowing down their mental process, to determine the internal reasoning as to why they came to feel the secondary emotions. This will often be unconscious and can be as big a surprise to them as it is to you.
See also
Basic emotions, Fight-or-Flight reaction
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Primary emotions | Secondary emotions | So what
A useful notion in understanding how we feel is that of primary and secondary emotions.Primary emotions | Secondary emotions | So what
Primary emotions
What is felt first
Primary emotions are those that we feel first, as a first response to a situation. Thus, if we are threatened, we may feel fear. When we hear of a death, we may feel sadness. They are unthinking, instinctive responses that we have. We will typically see these in animals also, which confirms our suspicion that they have an evolutionary basis.
Typical primary emotions include fear, anger, sadness and happiness (although it is worth noting that these can also be felt as secondary emotions).
Often transient
The problem sometimes with primary emotions is that they disappear as fast as they appear. Their replacement by secondary emotions complicates the situation, making it difficult to understand what is really going on.
Secondary emotions
What is felt next
Secondary emotions appear after primary emotions. They may be caused directly by them, for example where the fear of a threat turns to anger that fuels the body for a fight reaction. They may also come from more complex chains of thinking.
Simple or mixed feelings
Secondary emotions may be simple feelings or may be a mix as more emotions join the fray. Thus news of a wartime victory may start with feelings of joy, but then get tinged with sadness for the loss of life.
So what?
If you want to diagnose a person's condition, then looking at primary and secondary emotions gives you a fuller picture.
To find the real issue or cause of the person's condition, look for the primary emotion. Do not blindly accept the emotion you see as the primary emotion, but try to find what may have come first.
The secondary emotions give you a picture of the person's mental processing of the primary emotion. Question them, slowing down their mental process, to determine the internal reasoning as to why they came to feel the secondary emotions. This will often be unconscious and can be as big a surprise to them as it is to you.
See also
Basic emotions, Fight-or-Flight reaction
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the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD. 2 "Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs. 3 "For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.
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