Journal Reflection Chapter 4 - Experiencing and Expressing Emotions

According to the textbook, emotions, feelings, and moods are all different. Firstly, emotion is the most personal and interpersonal human experience (McCornack & Morrison, 2019, p.92). "Emotion is an intense reaction to an event that involves interpreting event meaning, becoming physiologically aroused, labeling the experience as emotional, managing reactions, and communicating through emotional displays and disclosures" (McCornack & Morrison, 2019, p.93).

Emotion to me is something that lasts about a day. If I am sad I will feel that sadness for most of the day if not the whole day. It is not an intense sensation but it does affect my day. It lingers. In contrast, feelings are very short-lived, cause limited arousal, and can occur multiple times a day. For example, a classmate compliments your outfit. Lastly, moods are "low-intensity states" and do not create significant arousal (McCornack & Morrison, 2019, p.95). In my opinion, they are like the average of your emotions and feelings. If I have had an uneventful week that was neither full of highs nor lows my "general consensus"/mood will have been contentment. To conclude, I think it is important to understand how you experience emotions, feelings, and moods in order to effectively communicate. When you can't distinguish between emotions, feelings, and moods it can be hard to understand yourself and what you are feeling not to mention explain it to someone else.

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