The Difference Between Primary vs. Secondary Emotions.

Show Notes

Did you know we have both primary and secondary emotions? We tend to shy away from the immediate emotions we are facing at the moment. Although it can be scary, emotions shouldn’t be something you run away from. It’s important to face your emotions. Today, we’ll be diving into the difference between primary and secondary emotions. 

 

Emotions play an essential role in our health, in our behavior, our interactions, and even in the relationships we create with others. What are emotions? A good way to see them as internal data points or clues into our needs. 

 

So, what is the difference between primary and secondary emotions? There are 6 primary emotions. Anger, Fear, Happiness, Sadness, Disgust, and Surprise. However, as you may be aware, we experience so many more emotions than just that. As you are experiencing these waves of emotions, it can be helpful to see if you can distill it down to these root feelings.

 

Secondary emotions represent learned responses. The main role of your secondary emotions is to protect you from harm. Institutionally, we use these emotions to cover our more sensitive selfs. For example, if you’ve ever felt rage or anger, the base emotion under that might actually be rejection, fear, or shame. We are just using anger to cover it up. 

 

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