Different Emotions Motivate Us To Act In Different Ways
Emotions make us want to act, and different emotions guide us towards different kinds of actions. We don’t have to act in the way our emotions suggest, but everyone has had the experience of wanting to do something:
- Joy motivates us to join in, take part, share;
- Fear can motivate us to get away, run;
- Sadness can make us withdraw, isolate, ruminate;
- Anger can motivate us to attack, stand up for ourselves;
- Guilt can motivate us to repair what we have done wrong;
- Shame can make us hide away, keep things secret;
- Compassion, empathy, sympathy can motivate us to offer comfort.
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