alcego-writes: miniherodesktales:git-writing-good: The best character flaws are just their normal
alcego-writes: miniherodesktales: git-writing-good: The best character flaws are just their normal traits taken to an extreme! Thanks for posting this :) I think we could add more feelings: Jealousy Envy Compassion (not quite the same thing as love as it means to share in another’s suffering, or to feel their suffering) Nostalgia might be interesting to cover, whether it’s nostalgia for another place, time, maybe even a feeling. Oh, I can help with this!JealousyFunction: The vigilance over and protection of relationships that are valuable to us. Over-reaction: When jealousy compounds upon itself, it can grow into paranoia and obsession; this desire to protect valued relationships can backfire and cause the relationships to deteriorate.EnvyFunction: Motivates you to try harder to achieve your goals.Over-reaction: Envy and jealousy are closely related. Similar to how anger is a secondary emotion (which stems from other emotions), envy can turn into jealousy when your response is not to improve yourself, but rather to steal/covet another’s achievements/belongings.CompassionFunction: Allows you to consider and become concerned with another’s experience (without necessarily “feeling” what the other feels, as with empathy). May lead to a desire to help them improve their experience.Over-reaction: An over-abundance of compassion (or empathy) can lead to feeling guilty/responsible for another’s feelings/experience. You may feel obligated to put others before yourself at all times, causing yourself to suffer in order to aid others.NostalgiaFunction: The function of nostalgia is a bit harder to pin down; however, scientists believe that “powerful nostalgic memories can help us cope with transition in our lives, give us comfort, and help our sense of identity.”Over-reaction: May cause you to remember things “through rose-colored glasses”—effectively altering your memory of events. In the past, some theorists believed nostalgia was “a retreat in the face of uncertainty, stress or unhappiness.” In essence, an over-abundance of nostalgia may cause you to alter your perception of potentially important events to make them seem better than they really were, and over-indulging in the feeling may lead to you becoming detached from your current actions. -- source link
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