ABC of Emotions: How to use the FEELINGS WHEEL to develop Emotional Literacy 🎨| episode 03

[@SixSeconds]

In this video we explored "opposite emotions" on the wheel and used the example of disgust and trust. What opposite feelings or pair of blend of feelings are you curious about? Share a confusing feeling in the comments and we'll get your question answered.

[@sheilakrish1]

pity ( for an person who's ill) and anger ( at his demands or resistance); pity for someone with substance addiction, and disgust /contempt at the state they get themselves into..

[@solidasconcrete]

@@sheilakrish1 i hear you feel like there's no way forward . They are all intese as

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Emotional intelligence always sounded a bit new agey to me, and I had problems with a certain home where words like emotional literacy was used. Therefore there always was some aversive emotional baggage for these terms, that kept me from exploring further. I love how you discredited the idea of having more "positive" emotions. It always sounded weak to me. We shouldn't be continuously flooded with unpleasant emotions, but sometimes trying to avoid certain emotions, just leaves us chasing our own tail. It also makes us unable to accept that bad things exist, which just makes those things exist outside of or own perceptions. Hopefully this channel will help me grow a bit more.

[@floonsando1041]

"Emotions are messages from us to us", "When you numb one feeling, you numb them all". Thank you for breaking it down. Mine is to embrace all feelings as positive and engage the world to be more of what i am meant to be. Powerful

[@CorePathway]

Only 79k views? This should be REQUIRED viewing in every high school and again in college. And once a year thereafter

[@surayaiffah4967]

"The chemicals of emotions only last for about 6 seconds but our feelings and moods can last for much longer." "When we focus on one thing we ignore the others" "We need to be able to tune in, notice all of these signals, to be more awake in the world" get the energy to move forward to create what we're looking forward in our lives.

[@shakeelahmadfca]

I have noticed several new learning points after watching this beautiful video but the most important learning is the emotions work in harmony with basic human needs. This is the biggest paradigm shift for me over last 5-6 years of EQ learning.

[@SixSeconds]

Well said Shakeel, the physiological response to emotions which is the base of this study brings up some very interesting points on how we are wired and how do we respond to emotions. Thanks for watching!

[@bhrgls]

I was searching on Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions and found out that video and channel. I appreciate the clear explanations, language and examples that made it so much easier for me to understand. Thank you.

[@Biiku_]

I got 2 minutes 27 seconds in before breaking down. I'm 35, socialized female. Why didn't my parents love me enough to teach me this? I know they couldn't. They didn't know how to love anyone, including me. But man, this video hurt a lot. Had to take a lot of breaks. Took over an hour. Reparenting yourself as an adult is hard. To anyone else out there going through something similar, you're not alone. There's other grown adults curled up into balls bawling their eyes out, and realizing how far back they have to start. But we can do this. One step at a time. We can mature. Just let this nice man's words wash over you, and let the grief happen. You're not alone.

[@sherizabazari6677]

Thank you for breaking this down Josh. Kevin Herft re-introduced this model to me in his session over the weekend and it surely adds value to understand the intensity of our emotions and exploring what more we are feeling and understanding the why. The emotion I am most intrigued about is love & remorse. I often find myself feeling sad over someone/something we love. Maybe when a colleague or friend disappoint us. I am very sad by the actions but still love and care for the person.

[@paulkyle9559]

So insightful that all emotions are positive and we learn to read ourselves better and make sense of what we are feeling and why

[@SixSeconds]

Thank you for your comment Paul, it's really important to think about it this way, too often our society tells us that happiness is all that matters, but as we know, emotions are data, and if we only allow certain emotions to come through, what we are doing is suppressing them and ignoring essential information from us to us!

[@marketingjen1020]

Love this video. Big aha moments for me of years struggling with recognizing and understanding my emotions. Can’t thank you enough! Wishing you all the best and much success!!

[@sharingsfromaaizahandsamar6968]

So much thankful the way you are contributing on our Emotional learning.

[@alexisfox4388]

Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing all your great knowledge.

[@angelannie7]

You keep amazing me with your knowledge, your style of educating us about emotions. My whole life has changed since (long ago) when I started to follow your research and videos. Congratulations......Never stop!

[@SixSeconds]

You are so welcome!! I'm so glad our content is helpful and please keep practicing Emotional Intelligence!

[@JaneRyan-nu3lk]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this video Josh! You did an excellent job explaining the neuroscience of emotions and so much more in a very engaging and understanding able way. Thank you.

[@drsandhyathumsikumar4479]

What an excellent explanation that is both clear and wise ! Much grattitude for this

[@coletteherrick3370]

What a wonderful video on the value of all emotions and cultivating the capacity to grow your emotional vocabulary and awareness. Thank you Josh!

[@TheLisaAllen]

Brilliant video Josh - your explanation of the wheel and how to use it was so powerful - thanks for clearing up the confusion around anger and fear.

[@SixSeconds]

The emotion wheel is a super interesting tool. I hope you can use it and tell us about your experiences.

[@allisonpoutu6352]

Great video, so many gems, thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏 😀

[@Strikeclubgolf]

Well made content. Thank you

[@robyneva9712]

Great explaination of what feelings are telling us.

[@ritacarmelita]

Feeling gratitude for your video 😉. Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@jayshreemehta8760]

Fabulous video.Very well explained.Cleared lot of confusion.Thanks a lot.

[@SixSeconds]

glad it was helpful!

[@47beena]

Well Ppl call me that I m intelligent But I knew something I needed to learn But did not know what :( Bug now I know I need to learn and be educated about my emotions ! I m going through what is called Narsasist abuse . But I m a doctor So now I m going to heal myself . And may be once j m emotionally literate I may help My dear ones :)

[@gwencover2022]

An EXCELLENT video. It has helped me tremendously, especially in knowing that multiple emotions can sit side by side. Thank you 😊 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@SixSeconds]

You are so welcome! The Plutchik model is so powerful for thinking about how emotions have intensity and "neighbors" that are side by side.

[@CraigLauritsen]

Thank you for a fantastic and inspiring video. The larger and more nuanced our emotional vocabulary, the more agile and aware we are in the world.

[@CorrinaMcFarlane]

Beautifully done. Thank You!

[@SixSeconds]

Thank you Corrina!

[@robbyyy216]

that was amazing 😢thank you

[@asmaakhattab]

This is really good. Thank you

[@erikayuliana5624]

So good. Thank you!

[@patriciaszaraz]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@learngrowlove]

Great video. Content, production, mood and flow - great job!

[@SixSeconds]

Much appreciated!

[@kevinherft3425]

Love this josh, I’m reminded of one of your favourite questions ‘what else are you feeling’?

[@SixSeconds]

YAY Kevin so glad you liked this one! Breaking down the Plutchik model has been most requested. Maybe because there is a beautiful simplicity to the model that just makes sense. What do you think about the Feelings Wheel?

[@kevinherft3425]

@@SixSecondsWell Josh, I like not only this one but all your videos in learning lab. I was helping my class understand the feelings wheel today, you made it so simple easy to understand and relevant that I'm sending them the link : ). So many golden nuggets in your video, I gained so much insight into the physiological opposites of emotions and the complimentary aspect of emotions and human needs, Yes lonely and connected is really not an opposite but an important signal about our need to feel belonged.

[@joshuafreedman6549]

@@kevinherft3425 Thank you for sharing this with your people! I see this as a "radical" shift in the way we think about feelings... and I keep coming back to it as a key for us to have more real happiness... by engaging ALL feelings!

[@tinnycuawilliams3379]

This video was extremely helpful

[@LifeinGlow]

Thank you for the video, there is such a mess in psychology field in attempt to explain the difference between emotions and feelings, I wish more people looked into astrological archetypes as astrology explains quite well and easier in a way all that range of emotions and feelings, different states, through the archetypes of planets, their positions in sights and aspects between them, whether in the natal chart, timing, locational influences or synastry (compatibility) etc.

[@kishanwatni8624]

Its really awesome. Very well explained !!

[@SixSeconds]

Appreciated, thanks Kishan!

[@warwickbaird9843]

This is soooooo good. ❤

[@lucindawilson5510]

So helpful thank you.

[@isaacbarratt854]

i really like the analogy you use with regard to learning about emotions: emotions are like letters that compose sequences of letters (words) that produce specific outcomes

[@isaacbarratt854]

the whole is greater than the sum of its parts the analogy i used compared life to chess and the emotions to pieces on the chess board but i like yours better: life is like a chess board whereby life makes the first move, the pieces are unknown to you, but as you discover their functions the pieces become more distinct from one another, and from the sequences and combinations of different emotions we serendipitously discover strategy (with strategy is introduced the concept of agency)

[@tatianahawaii13]

Very good explanation

[@aceshigh5157]

this is a fantastic video - exactly what i was looking for, but the constant camera angle change is very very distracting.

[@thespaceangelicarodriguez4244]

As I write my course on the philosophy of emotions I have dived into a world of worlds. The combination of emotional awarenesses under a plethora of difficulty. To learn the management of self emotional code is what I strive for in the highest form. To allow my imagination, ability to love and desire to seek all that is globally...thank you for your work on this very topic...we must feel in order to heal, but I challenge the world to pay attention out there and do better.

[@SixSeconds]

Yes! There is a lot of work to do in the world to bring more emotionally intelligent decisions to life. Glad to hear you are on the journey with us!

[@RenskevdWaal]

Did you finish it? Is it possible for me to read it? I accept your challenge;)!

[@guneetkaur226]

amazing video !!!

[@SixSeconds]

so glad it was helpful Guneet!

[@followthemarlon423]

Josh you're a G!

[@whodat2211]

I was introduced to the emotional color wheel and it's makes sense in color and as opposites for me to see a visual. The explanations really helped me understand a lil better. Thanks for sharing.

[@SixSeconds]

glad this was helpful!! Now you can practice increasing and decreasing the intensity of the feelings.

[@beancarable]

Thank you so much!

[@courageousartoflove]

This is excellent way of valuing our emotions and how to handle emotions in this world where there is polarity and anything can lead to strong passionate feelings of left or right. Thank you.

[@SixSeconds]

really appreciate your comment! I hope you check out our other videos and resources.

[@terea6866]

Please make some short videos with this same info but for kids, like young kids - elementary age, 5 yrs old - 11 yo. And maybe in cartoonish format ... you have great info for me to use personally with my own emotional challenges but also, I think, this info would be great for me to use with children and their families/parents/caregivers therapeutically.

[@solidasconcrete]

Yeah it would be in my education reform . 5 up wards more important then anything

[@SixSeconds]

Thanks Tere! We don't have a video series for kids, but we do have a whole set of hands- on emotional intelligence activities for kids. Sign up here www.6sec.org/popup to get free content for kids.

[@isidorabelen6164]

thank you for this excelent video!

[@SixSeconds]

You're very welcome!

[@robyneva9712]

Thanks Josh for going into the opposites of the Plutchik's model of emotions.

[@SixSeconds]

Thank you Robyn! It was fun to really dive into all the different aspects of this model

[@anica4363]

Thank you for giving it such meaning Josh. As always, enjoying your videos.

[@SixSeconds]

Thank you Anica, glad you enjoyed it, let us know what you would like to cover next! :)

[@samrasoli]

useful, thanks

[@sandraschug9465]

Where is the link to the wheel?

[@yuyangchew6821]

Hey, this is a really informative video and very well-structured to get your point across. However, I think the camera angle is too close and too much eye contact which made it a little uncomfortable. All and all good job!

[@sahillohiya7658]

wow, this was so detailed

[@narrito]

Why.. is.. this.. 900 views only!? - I'm feeling surprised and pensiveness altogether :)

[@SixSeconds]

Thank you Mark! Let's change that 🙌 Glad you liked it!

[@ForsakenHannah]

this helped ease my mind. thanks.

[@SixSeconds]

Glad to hear it! hope you check out more videos on our channel to help you get more skills with your emotions.

[@minhquangduong6544]

The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination

[@mjoeuson]

You should start a podcast!

[@ataakwei6277]

I like this

[@sarahmarzouq1935]

Thank you 🙏

[@SixSeconds]

You’re welcome 😊

[@smilen22]

THANK YOU :)

[@SixSeconds]

You're welcome Natalie! I hope you check out the other videos in this series.

[@joanndavey2299]

So once you write down emotions and expand them, then what? What's next?

[@annetteprice]

For me the wheel is helpful for me to actually feel emotions. Many of us are closed off to our emotions and identifying them is the first step to feeling them. This “feeling what we feel” can be done through journaling, listening to music that resonates emotionally, watching a film that does the same, or talking to someone.

[@HollywoodingNews]

All feelings AREN'T ALL POSITIVE!! You need to learn more about this topic! Feelings of sadness, anger, hatred are all very NEGATIVE stop sugar coating it

[@mattmoves5920]

Doesn't Plutchik consider lust or attraction as emotion and why?

[@annetteprice]

It’s semantics at some point. The opposite of attraction would be disgust, so look opposite disgust on the Plutchik wheel and you have: admiration, trust, acceptance. I think those cover what you’re describing, no?

[@nicholas8479]

Those suffering from OCD should not use their emotions as a guide to what is important. This caveat may apply to other mental disorders and maybe to personality disorders as well.

[@annetteprice]

Yes, and the same with PTSD. Although learning about our emotions generally can be very helpful for anyone with these disorders, but - at least initially - our assessments should be taken with a grain of salt.

[@surayaiffah4967]

21:14-22:32

[@surayaiffah4967]

"there are over 3000 words for feelings in the English language"

[@nonelost1]

Wow! You say that “trust is embracing and connecting.” This is in stark contrast to the religious horseshit that “we must be willing to “jump off a cliff”/“make big sacrifices“/“leave our comfort zone”) to show our faith in “God.” OTHERWISE WE ARE NOT WORTHY OF HIM!