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Sep 1, 2023 · 4. Anxiety Narrows Focus. Feelings of anxiety tend to narrow our focus onto potential threats or negative outcomes. This tunnel vision can limit our ability to see alternative solutions or actions. 5. Gratitude Increases Altruism. Feeling grateful can naturally lead to a more altruistic behavior.
Aug 22, 2023 · Our thoughts lead to our perceptions, behaviors, actions, interactions, and choices. And thought disorders like anxiety and depression can cause headaches, muscle aches, chronic fatigue, chronic ...
Aug 22, 2023 · And our moods and behaviors, in turn, affect those around us. When we can take control of our thoughts, we also begin to shift and change our moods, behaviors, and the people in our lives. We have ...
Feb 1, 2015 · This assumption is explored by focusing on how both the content of our thoughts and the cognitive processes (such as inference and appraisal) linking experiences to affect influence the nature of our emotions in any given situation. The terms mood, feeling, affect, and emotion are clarified. Words trigger emotion through both the denotative ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Negative thoughts and feelings, such as self-doubt, fear, and sadness, can have a detrimental effect on our mental health. When we constantly think negative thoughts and experience negative emotions, it can lead to mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. These negative thoughts and feelings can also create a cycle ...
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Our mood can, for example, affect both the type and intensity of our schemas that are active in particular situations. For instance, when in an angry mood, we may find that our schemas relating to that emotion are more active than those relating to other affective states, and these schemas will in turn influence our social judgments (Lomax & Lam, 2011).
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Being happy or sad influences the content and style of thought. One explanation is that affect serves as information about the value of whatever comes to mind. Thus, when a person makes evaluative judgments or engages in a task, positive affect can enhance evaluations and empower potential responses. Rather than affect itself, the information ...