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Emotions are dynamic in nature. Emotion states, as described by Ahmed et al. (2013), are the transient and momentary emotional experiences occurring within a single episode of academic life. These emotion states are not static but rather continuously evolve in response to various situational cues and contextual factors (Goetz et al., 2015). This me
... See moreHowever, when encountering difficult concepts or struggling to understand certain topics, their emotions may shift to frustration or anxiety.
Happiness comes from solving problems. The keyword here is “solving.” If you’re avoiding your problems or feel like you don’t have any problems, then you’re going to make yourself miserable. If you feel like you have problems that you can’t solve, you will likewise make yourself miserable. The secret sauce is in the solving of the problems, not in
... See moreEmotions are data, not directives. They give you important information about your current state, but they don't have to control your next steps.
(Also, even the uncomfortable emotions are worth paying attention to. In fact, sometimes those are the most important ones.)
2. What are the most pressing thoughts on my mind?
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Just getting in touch with one’s feelings often brings no change, just the same feeling over and over. One must let a larger, wider, unclear felt sense form.
Eugene T. Gendlin • Focusing: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition
“What would come, in my body, if this problem were somehow all solved?” Whatever your mind answers, you wait until you sense what comes in your body. Then you let that be for a little while.
Eugene T. Gendlin • Focusing: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition
There wasn’t much laughter in my childhood. Misery is so comfortable that I sometimes create a crisis where there is none.
Rokelle Lerner • Affirmations for the Inner Child
