Introduction: On this page, I describe my organization of the emotions that determine most aspects of a person's personality.

Emotion - Category 1 and 2

I divide certain emotions into two categories which I call category 1 and category 2. 

Category 1 and 2 emotions:

1. Have mental, emotional, and physical components.

2. Can be experienced simultaneously.

3. Are expressed primarily through facial expression and tone of voice, both of which always convey emotion.

4.  Affect virtually the entire body, primarily through the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system.

Here are representative but not complete elements of category 1 and 2 emotions:

Category 1 emotion. 

• Rage, anger, irritation, annoyance, exasperation, disapproval, and more.

• Pride

• Sexual desire

• Increased use of superlatives

• Faster thoughts

• Narrower focus of attention

• Thoughts such as I'm right and it's your fault

• Louder and faster speech, more talkative

• Head goes up, chest goes up and out, shoulders go back

• Increased eye contact

• Increased pain tolerance

• General physical arousal

• Difficulty sleeping

• Difficulty processing new information

• Sexual arousal

• Suppressed urination

Category 2 emotion. 

• Feeling bored, disengaged, emotionally distant, depressed, and more

• Decreased ability to learn new information

• Slower thoughts

• Narrower focus of attention

• Difficulty concentrating

• Thoughts such as it's my fault and I'm a bad person

• Less talkative or mute. 

• Softer and slower speech.

• Weaker and slower muscles

• Head goes down, chest goes down and in, shoulders slouch forward.

• Decreased eye contact

• General physical lethargy

• Excessive sleep.

• Decreased sexual desire

Sadness: Sadness is triggered by the experience of being emotionally alone. It can produce nasal secretions and (eye) tearing, and is important in dental health.

Note: This is not a complete list of emotions. However, other important emotions, such as surprise and disgust, have a much smaller effect on a person's personality.