Comments on: Happiness, Negative Emotions and Newsweek article http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html Emotional Intelligence News and Views Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-349 David Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:33:58 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-349 “Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI.” - Because emotions are adaptive. Becasue emotions contain data or information (see the 'affect as information theory' by Forgas). Because emotions give us meaning. Because being happy all the time, or sad, or angry, would be boring! “Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI.”
- Because emotions are adaptive. Becasue emotions contain data or information (see the ‘affect as information theory’ by Forgas). Because emotions give us meaning. Because being happy all the time, or sad, or angry, would be boring!

]]> By: Josh http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-347 Josh Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:15:44 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-347 David - you wrote "Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI." I agree, and I am curious: Why? :) -J David -
you wrote “Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI.”

I agree, and I am curious: Why?

:)
-J

]]> By: Josh http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-210 Josh Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:24:28 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-210 Bobbi, that's a powerful notion: "fighting against" an emotion actually prolongs it. Bobbi, that’s a powerful notion: “fighting against” an emotion actually prolongs it.

]]> By: Bobbi http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-209 Bobbi Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:44:49 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-209 I agree that we are too quick to cover up those "bad" emotions like fear, sadness or anger. They may not be the most comfortable of emotions, but they all tell us something important about our current state. One of the best gifts I learned to give myself was to allow my self to feel sad when someone or something caused me pain. I don't try to make the feeling go away or hide it. I find that it goes away when it's ready to go away (which is usually quicker when I don't deny and fight it). Resisting the existence of the emotion seems to simply prolong it! I was once talking with a doctor who said that we never get to escape mourning or grieving, we just put it off until it catches up to us. I agree that we are too quick to cover up those “bad” emotions like fear, sadness or anger. They may not be the most comfortable of emotions, but they all tell us something important about our current state. One of the best gifts I learned to give myself was to allow my self to feel sad when someone or something caused me pain. I don’t try to make the feeling go away or hide it. I find that it goes away when it’s ready to go away (which is usually quicker when I don’t deny and fight it). Resisting the existence of the emotion seems to simply prolong it!

I was once talking with a doctor who said that we never get to escape mourning or grieving, we just put it off until it catches up to us.

]]> By: Linda http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-181 Linda Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:19:04 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-181 I totally agree!! I totally agree!!

]]> By: Josh http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-116 Josh Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:12:38 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-116 Intriguing that we call feelings like sadness and fear "negative" or even "bad feelings" - makes it pretty hard to value them. Intriguing that we call feelings like sadness and fear “negative” or even “bad feelings” - makes it pretty hard to value them.

]]> By: Tessy http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-114 Tessy Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:10:21 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/05/happiness-negative-emotions-and-newsweek-article.html#comment-114 Hi again David Snap, I blogged on that article too yesterday :) And agree with you completely - of course! http://thrivingtoo.typepad.com/thriving_too/ Hi again David

Snap, I blogged on that article too yesterday :) And agree with you completely - of course!

http://thrivingtoo.typepad.com/thriving_too/

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