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Category Emotional Manipulation 101- Session 1

Don't hate "sad brother" or drive "angry brother" away...Because they're the quality team that helped you survive!

We are often taught, "Don't be angry, it's bad," or "Smile.

Don't be so weak "that we accidentally depress" negative emotions "so deep that it becomes a time bomb. 💣

But in the view of Evolutionary Psychology, nature does not create more than necessary!

Every emotion is a "guard" with a unique function:

🟣 Fear: Keeps Us from Feeding to Death (Safe)

🔴 Anger: Keeps Us from Being Exploited (Boundaries)

🔵 Sadness: Helping Us Get a Break and Heal (Healthy)

🟢 Disgust: Help Screening for Toxic Things (Filter)

(Scroll through the illustration of the cuteness of the gang of friends in the head)

So...Good emotional management, not "forbidding feelings."

But to "recognize" which people are working now, and what do they want to tell us?

What are you feeling today?

Let's say hello to them. "Yep...Are you angry? Thank you for warning me, but now I can take a break. "

# Emotional management # Psychology # Psychologist # SelfAwareness # Psychology comics

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