SAD is simple, affordable, and easier to implement than waist-to-hip based measurements.

SAD 简单、经济实惠，而且比基于腰臀比的测量方法更容易实施。

Emotions 101: Improving Your Emotional Awareness

情绪101：提升你的情感觉察力

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All emotions have specific situations that elicit them and specific actions that they motivate us to perform (Linehan, 2015). In fact, the word “emotion” has the word “motion” in it, and its Latin root is “emoveo,” which means to move out of (Wiktionary, 2023). The DBT Skills Training Manual nicely describes the eliciting situations and behavioral tendencies of a variety of emotions (Linehan, 2015).

Anger occurs when a goal is obstructed or an injustice is experienced, and it motivates us to resist or fight the obstruction (to obtain the goal) or right the injustice. Fear and anxiety occur when we perceive danger (imminent danger for fear and possible future danger for anxiety), and they motivate us to protect ourselves (flee if we can, freeze or hide to avoid detection, and fight as a last resort to deter the threat; Perusini & Fanselow, 2015).

Jealousy and envy occur when we want something we don’t have or can’t have, but jealousy occurs when that “something” is socially intimate (e.g., someone you are romantically interested in is flirting with someone else), and envy occurs when that “something” is material or related to social status (e.g., someone has a car you want; someone gets chosen for a desirable work project instead of you). Jealousy and envy both motivate us to obtain the things we want.

Guilt and shame are also similar to each other; they occur when we have violated our moral code (guilt) or when we have done something we think others will disapprove of (shame). They motivate us to hide what we did, atone for what we did, and/or seek forgiveness.The above descriptions view emotions as distinct categories, each having different functions. Instead of being viewed as different categories, emotions can also be viewed along three dimensions: mood, energy, and power.

Let’s start with two of those dimensions: mood and energy . From left to right on the X-axis, we have mood—this represents emotions that feel negative, neutral, or positive. On the Y-axis, we have energy—this represents how energized we feel by our emotions. From bottom to top, we have emotions that have low, medium, or high energy.Where does the emotion “satisfaction” belong on this graph? It is a moderately positive, moderate-energy emotion, so it will be in the middle-right portion of the graph. How about fear? That is a highly negative, high-energy emotion, so it belongs in the top-left corner. How about anger? That is also a highly negative, high-energy emotion, so it also belongs in the top-left corner.

So, what do we do with this information?Using the categorical perspective of emotions, we can understand which situations elicit specific emotions and which behaviors those emotions motivate us to engage in. Whether we are interested in this for ourselves, our friends and family, or our children, it can be very helpful to think about a given situation, observe the behaviors, and infer the emotions accurately. This helps build our emotional and social intelligence, tells us what is really happening in that situation, and helps us determine how we respond to those situations—including how to communicate with others.

Journal：psychologytoday

Title：Emotions 101: Improving Your Emotional Awareness(November 6, 2024)

Category：Emotions

Overall, emotions are deeply embedded in the human experience. Understanding and regulating emotions is a foundational life skill /that can help us live our best lives and enhance our relationships with others.

总的来说，情绪深深植根于人类经历之中。理解和调节情绪是一项基本的生活技能，可以帮助我们过上最好的生活，增强我们与他人的关系。

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