{"id":33762,"date":"2021-04-23T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T00:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=33762"},"modified":"2021-04-30T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:09:11","slug":"emotional-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/emotional-range\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Range: Why Some People Feel Happier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever noticed that some people seem to get much happier or much more down than others? Do all people feel emotions the same way? How can we work to stay on the happy end of the emotional range?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A person&#8217;s emotional range is called their affective style. This means that some people have a genetic predisposition toward happiness or sadness and feel different ranges of emotion. When somebody&#8217;s emotions tend to fall on the negative side of the range, there are measures they can take to counter them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading about the emotional range and how to counter negative thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Emotional Range<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-elephant-and-the-rider\/\">the rider and the elephant<\/a> metaphor, the elephant determines our likes and dislikes, often in ways that we\u2019re not consciously aware of<\/strong>. These emotional cues color our thinking, causing the elephant to dominate the rider. A perceived threat will make us consciously evaluate <em>all <\/em>stimuli as possible threats; a rush of sadness will cause us to adopt a more bleak way of looking at the world as a whole. These are the basic mental preconditions that affect <em>all <\/em>humans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, emotion is always a stronger force within the mind than reason. And if we delve a bit further, we discover that an individual&#8217;s general emotional state isn\u2019t solely determined by the stimuli they encounter; it\u2019s also influenced by <strong>a genetic predisposition toward happiness or sadness known as the affective style.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we should be clear. Your affective style doesn\u2019t set your level of happiness in stone. The affective style is best thought of as an emotional range or emotional thermostat\u2014some people simply have higher happiness levels at the upper end of their range than others. But within those constraints, there\u2019s still great potential for improvement. Even if you have a negative affective style, you can still become happier<strong>. Moving to the upper levels of your emotional range is akin to taming the elephant and guiding it down a different path<\/strong>. Effective methods for doing this include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-meditation-mindfulness\/\">meditation<\/a>, cognitive therapy, and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meditation<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditation, widely practiced in eastern religions, is a way of focusing the mind and blocking out the constant verbal commentary running through one\u2019s head. Typically, it entails sitting still and focusing on a single word or idea. It\u2019s not easy to do at first, but it can be highly effective at breaking attachments (desires for material things, but also certain emotional drives like sex). Such attachments often power our negative thoughts (because we have such a deeply ingrained sense of loss aversion and fear losing those things that we already have).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to proponents of meditation, eliminating one\u2019s attachments as much as possible will maximize one\u2019s happiness in the long run because the psychological costs of <em>losing <\/em>are so much higher than the psychological gains of <em>winning<\/em>. Once you acquire things that you become attached to, your mind will be dominated by fear of losing them. Instead, it\u2019s better to shed those attachments entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cognitive Therapy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People who suffer from negative thinking can also be trapped in a painful and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-feedback-loop-from-hell\/\">negative feedback loop<\/a><\/strong>. They start with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/consequences-of-low-self-esteem\/\">low self-esteem<\/a>. And because emotion (the elephant) informs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-rational-thought\/\">rational thought<\/a> (the rider), these individuals selectively seek out \u201cproof\u201d to confirm their belief that they\u2019re worthless, often by magnifying minor setbacks into major catastrophes. This \u201cproof,\u201d in turn, further reinforces the original negative beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can break this pattern is the technique of cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapy challenges patients to consciously question their ingrained patterns of negative thinking. Practitioners encourage patients to label these thoughts as they happen and identify more positive and realistic ways of interpreting the events in their lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, instead of thinking \u201cI\u2019m stupid and worthless and doomed to a life of failure\u201d after performing poorly on a test, a patient undergoing cognitive therapy might reorient their emotions toward something more along the lines of \u201cIt was just one test; it doesn\u2019t define my life.\u201d Over time, the patient\u2019s automatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-break-negative-thought-patterns\/\">thought patterns<\/a> become more positive. In essence, cognitive therapy is the rider training the elephant not to lunge toward fear and sadness and to stay on the positive side of their emotional range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SSRIs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SSRIs (serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are a class of drug that includes Prozac and Zoloft. They have been shown to be remarkably effective in treating many mental health disorders, from clinical depression to eating disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But these drugs have also generated some controversy precisely <em>because <\/em>they are seen as quick-fixes. Critics worry that SSRIs let people eschew the hard work of becoming \u201cbetter\u201d people and enable them to transform into something other than their \u201ctrue\u201d self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if the \u201cself\u201d as it occurs naturally is a vessel for unhappiness and dissatisfaction, as it is in so many people on the negative side of the emotional range? If SSRIs can make people more happy, productive, and fulfilled, why are they harmful? We should think of them as purely mechanical\u2014fixing something that\u2019s broken and causing pain. After all, when we change a deflated tire on a car or replace a burned-out lightbulb on a lamp, we don\u2019t decry these actions as altering the \u201ctrue\u201d nature of the car or the lamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever noticed that some people seem to get much happier or much more down than others? Do all people feel emotions the same way? How can we work to stay on the happy end of the emotional range? A person&#8217;s emotional range is called their affective style. This means that some people have a genetic predisposition toward happiness or sadness and feel different ranges of emotion. When somebody&#8217;s emotions tend to fall on the negative side of the range, there are measures they can take to counter them. 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