Highly specific positive feelings

... that depend on particular circumstances:

Desbundar (Portuguese): to shed one’s inhibitions in having fun
Tarab (Arabic): a musically induced state of ecstasy or enchantment
Shinrin-yoku (Japanese): the relaxation gained from bathing in the forest, figuratively or literally
Gigil (Tagalog): the irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze someone because they are loved or cherished
Yuan bei (Chinese): a sense of complete and perfect accomplishment
Iktsuarpok (Inuit): the anticipation one feels when waiting for someone, whereby one keeps going outside to check if they have arrived.

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The 'untranslatable' emotions you never knew you had

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Emotion depends on the circumstance

Charles Darwin popularized the theory of emotional fingerprints - that each emotion creates a specific combination of facial expression, body language, and other physiological cues such as a heart rate.

But recently detailed analyses suggest there is no such thing. Each emotion is represented by a whole range of reactions. The way we interpret our body's signals, such as excited or anxious, depends entirely on the context of the situation and can be easily framed by our expectations.

The brain reconstructs experiences

For example, a churning stomach and flushed face can feel like you're in love in a romantic setting but will be interpreted as 'feeling ill' if you are in bed with a thermometer in your mouth.
A stomach ache might signal a gut infection, or it might feel like homesickness if you are away from your family.
A rushing heartbeat could be interpreted as excitement when you're on a rollercoaster, acute anxiety if you're giving a speech, or simply that you've drunk too much coffee.

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Fear: Emotions like fear and anxiety are hard to pinpoint in the brain's geographical area, due to the presence of multiple fear circuits.

If our emotions are constructed by our minds, it means they can also be de-constructed or even reconstructed.

Labelling Emotions

The brain loves to identify, tag, or label all the feelings and emotions that are being experienced.

New studies show that changing the name of the emotion can change the feeling that is produced by hearing that emotion, and the brain may be able to create or make up emotions that don't have a label yet.

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