{"id":57998,"date":"2022-01-05T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=57998"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:52:09","slug":"are-emotions-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/are-emotions-good-or-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Emotions Good or Bad? Here&#8217;s Why They&#8217;re Neither"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are emotions good or bad? What is the problem with defining emotions as &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When an emotion arises, physical changes occur in the body. The mind then interprets these sensations and urges in the body and applies judgments to the emotions, separating them into \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad.\u201d Thus, it treats an emotion like love as a \u201cgood\u201d emotion, but emotion like anger as a \u201cbad\u201d emotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-labels\/\">labeling<\/a> emotions as &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad&#8221; may not be such a good idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-good-and-bad-emotions\">Good and Bad Emotions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our judgments about the quality of emotions are informed by multiple factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-98955771-661e-4fa2-8f58-df43d5d5a2d8\"><li>We are conditioned in our childhood to treat certain emotions as undesirable. For instance, a crying child will often be treated as though they should be able to control their physiological reaction to their sadness. This gives the impression that sadness is undesirable, something to be controlled rather than accepted.&nbsp;<\/li><li>We judge our emotions based on the sorts of sensations we feel in our bodies as we experience them. Thus, our thinking self may categorize guilt as a negative emotion because the physiological sensation of guilt is uncomfortable.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-067b9fe2-2279-4ad4-bfd2-d4e5adeee5d8\">When the thinking self judges our emotions as \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad,\u201d we are assigning abstract values to physiological processes. These assigned values motivate us to act:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-b5fd1488-0e97-40f3-942e-1dd4290a26ad\"><li>When we judge an emotion (such as love) as \u201cgood,\u201d we set ourselves up to want more of it. So, we chase the sensation and may create more negative feelings (such as disappointment) if we don\u2019t get more of it.<\/li><li>When we judge an emotion (such as disgust) as \u201cbad,\u201d we want less of it. This leads us back to the happiness trap, where we try to eliminate unwanted feelings and wind up creating more of them as a consequence.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-problem-with-defining-emotions-as-good-or-bad\"><strong>The Problem With Defining Emotions as \u201cGood\u201d or \u201cBad\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asking the question &#8220;are emotions good or bad?&#8221; may be harmful in and of itself. Research has shown that the logic behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceandnonduality.com\/article\/sadness-is-always-bad-happiness-is-always-good\">labeling emotions as \u201cpositive\u201d or \u201cnegative\u201d<\/a> may be fundamentally flawed. <strong>There are good things about supposedly \u201cnegative\u201d emotions and bad things about supposedly \u201cpositive\u201d ones.<\/strong> Furthermore, we need to accept both our positive and negative emotions in order to live a rich and meaningful life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, classically \u201cnegative\u201d emotions have two benefits: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They serve as warnings for situations that require our attention. For instance, unhappiness can prompt someone to get out of an unhealthy relationship.<\/li><li>They are accompanied by detail-oriented thinking, reduced stereotypic thinking, and greater endurance when it comes to achieving complicated cognitive tasks.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, classically \u201cpositive\u201d emotions have their downsides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They increase selfish behavior, stereotyping of strangers, and dishonesty. They also decrease empathy. For example, if you\u2019ve ever been in a good mood and told somebody a white lie so that you wouldn\u2019t ruin the mood, your positive emotion might be to blame.\u00a0<\/li><li>They lead to increased levels of distraction and decreased performance on detail-oriented tasks. 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