The 5 Basic Emotions and the Men Who Try to Ignore Them
by Dwight Franklin, AP G
rowing up in a small town in Kentucky, I was taught at a young age what being a
man was supposed to look like. There were many positives to this “Southern Gentleman” approach to manhood, such as holding doors open for ladies and your elders, working hard to help support the family and doing whatever needs to be done to help keep your loved ones safe and sound. However, I also noticed something else at a fairly early age. Men simply did not feel that they could experience the full range of emotions in their life experience. Sure, most of us remember Dad having happy moments at home and we may remember Dad being so angry he looked like he could spit fireballs, but what about the other emotions that are considered less “manly” by society?
In Oriental Medicine there are 5 basic emotions: Joy, Anger, Worry, Grief and Fear. Any one of these emotions can cause problems in our physical, mental
Other physical symptoms of this manic behavior are insomnia and palpitations.
Worry: A person who worries too much can have high anxiety, may overeat and often has digestive disorders. However, a person who doesn’t have a healthy concern about their life’s direction may become aloof and unconcerned about accomplishing important tasks.
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Joy: It’s easy to see how a lack of joy can be detrimental to the body’s health—but what about a person who shows too much joy? This can be displayed in manic behaviors of laughing for no apparent reason or smiling during a situation where a smile is not the appropriate facial expression.
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and emotional health when they are used too much or not enough. Let’s take a look how each of these emotions affect us.
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Grief or Sadness: Excess grief can cause a person to be unwilling to move forward in life due to the loss of someone or something. The pain that a person experiences when they lose a loved one is tremendous and definitely warrants a grieving period, but it becomes problematic when persons have trouble functioning in life several years after their loss. A person who does not allow himself to go through the grieving process ultimately prolongs it and delays the necessary healing.
Anger: An excess of anger can cause a person to have temper tantrums, high blood pressure and difficult relationships with others— but with a lack of strong assertiveness we run the risk of being a “door mat” to our friends, family and co-workers.
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