When you are trying to describe how you feel, sometimes it’s hard to find the words. Maybe you’re feeling a little bit sad and frustrated, or perhaps you’re happy and excited? Maybe you’ve been angry for a while and are having trouble getting over it? Or maybe you’re just not sure what to say when someone asks how you’re doing.
List of Emotions for Adults
Here is a list of emotions that every person should know by heart.
- Anger
- Sadness
- Fear
- Disgust
- Happiness
- Surprise
Anger
This emotion is characterized by feelings of hostility and aggression towards others. People who are angry often feel like they’ve been wronged or treated unfairly. They often lash out at other people in an attempt to make them feel bad about themselves. Anger is usually associated with negative behavior such as violence, yelling, and physical abuse.
Sadness
This emotion is characterized by feelings of loss, regret, hopelessness, and helplessness. People who are sad often feel like their life has no meaning or purpose and that things aren’t going to get better for them. Sadness is usually associated with withdrawn behavior, but can also lead to depression if left unchecked for too long without any relief or help from outside sources (such as therapy).
Fear
An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. It can manifest itself as a physical reaction (e.g., sweating) or behavior (e.g., fight-or-flight response).
This is the feeling of being scared, worried, or nervous about something that might happen in the future, it can also be a feeling of apprehension about something happening now or in the near future that might cause harm to oneself or others.
Happiness
This is when you feel delighted, content, and satisfied with what you are doing and when you feel happy inside your own head for no reason at all.
Disgust
Feeling that something is dirty or repulsive, especially food which has gone rotten or been contaminated with microbes, etc.
Surprise
A sudden unexpected event that causes one to be startled or amazed at its occurrence/outcome, etc.
Boredom
This is when you feel tired, uninterested and unengaged in what you are doing.
Children emotions vs Adult emotions
Unlike young children, who often feel one emotion at a time, adults can sometimes experience several emotions at the same time. Some of these emotions can be positive while others may be negative.
Adults can also experience positive and negative emotions simultaneously. For example, a person might feel both happy and angry at the same time. A person might feel happy that he or she just got a promotion at work but angry that his or her partner didn’t offer congratulations.
Simultaneous or mixed emotions are common in adults and aren’t only present during difficult situations. They can also occur when people face positive changes that also have some negative aspects.
For example, people might mix both happiness and sadness over the birth of a child. Or they may feel both excited about a new job opportunity but anxious about leaving their current position for an unknown situation.