In Classic Psychology, we are told that there are Primary Emotions, Secondary Emotions, and Tertiary Emotions.
And Emotions “leveled up” like Pokemon!
While this concept helped some, when it got down to really understanding the Cognitive Core Processing and Grief, the Classic Emotions Models became obsolete.
The greatest emotion, Pain, was the one that baffled me the most. What exactly WAS the emotion, Pain? Once I understand that “pain” was simply a misalignment of the Cognitive Core due to supplanted toxic belief, everything clicked into place.
Of all my research, Emotional Spectrums are still a work-in-progress. Needless to say, there are a LOT of emotions out there. Furthermore, it was only very recently that I was even capable of feelings MOST of my most recent emotions.
You see, when you grow up buried under trauma, there are certain emotions you go your whole life never feeling. It wasn’t until these last 6 months, as my own 8 year-long Healing Journey came to an end, that I finally felt Love, Fulfillment, Gifts, Home, Belonging, and Family.
The first Emotion that I noticed was Comfort. Comfort to Pain.
It was during my work on Comfort Zones that I first developed the Emotional Spectrum model (See Image).
The Second Emotion I notice was Guilt to Shame.
Then Worry to Fear
I noticed that Pain emerged from Cognitive Dissonance. The Misalignment of the Cognitive Core.
And that Confusion occurred ONLY when the Cognitive Core ran into an error during Processing.
Furthermore, I noticed that the Stages of Grief: Shock, Disbelief, Anger, Sad/Depression, Acceptance occurred during POSITIVE stages of loss AND/OR change, as well as grief. In fact, there are DOZENS of emotional outcomes to The Stages of Cognitive Core Processing… and Grief is just one of the many emotional options to follow. One could argue that “Grief” occurs DURING the Stages of CC Processing… And that is when I realized that Grief had a Spectrum.
Loss… Missing… Pining… Grief.
Loss being a lower, 2 emotions, while Grief was maxed out at 10.
So, now that I understand the theory behind my conclusion, I can now provide you with The Emotional Spectrum.