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I was reading somewhere that most Americans have an extremely limited working vocabulary of emotions. For instance "I feel bad" can mean guilt, disappointment,
by stevage 3y ago
I was reading somewhere that most Americans have an extremely limited working vocabulary of emotions. For instance "I feel bad" can mean guilt, disappointment, abandonment, sickness etc etc.
There are dozens and dozens of possible emotion words but very few actually used in practice, which supposedly limits people's ability to introspect and manage their emotions.