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hey psych2goers welcome back to our

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channel thank you all so much for the

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love that you've given us

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your ongoing support has helped us make

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psychology and mental health more

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accessible to everyone

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so thank you now let's continue as human

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beings we are all hardwired

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to feel things and react on an emotional

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level to the things going on around us

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from the moment we're born we cry when

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we're sad or hungry or in need

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we feel angry towards the people who

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hurt us we're afraid of the things that

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might be dangerous

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and we feel happy when we're given love

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kindness

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and affection these emotions come so

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naturally to us

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and it's natural for us to express them

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but somewhere along the way

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it all gets complicated we start getting

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confused about

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what we were feeling and why we were

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feeling it

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there were some emotions that we didn't

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quite know how to deal with

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so we ended up repressing denying or

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hiding our true feelings

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understanding our emotions not only

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helps us better understand ourselves

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but also helps us build a deeper and

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more meaningful life so

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with that said here are seven of the

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most important things

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you need to know about your emotions

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number one

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you are not your emotions emotions are

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important

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but they don't define who we are there

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are electrochemical signals

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flowing from your brain to your body as

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a reaction to your day-to-day

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experiences

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your emotions are simply there to

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regulate your thoughts and behaviors

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based on these experiences and provide

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you data about the world around you

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they don't inform your character or

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impact who you are

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unless you want them to and to think

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otherwise robs you of your identity as a

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person outside of your emotions

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you can allow yourself the freedom to

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get angry without thinking it makes you

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an angry person or to feel happy

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without pressuring yourself to act like

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a happy person all the time

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two emotions come and go

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one of the main reasons why we say

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there's so much more to a person than

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just their emotions

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is because our emotions frequently come

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and go

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and something is fundamental to us as

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our identity

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shouldn't be defined by something as

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fickle and ever-changing as how we feel

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even the most intense emotions and

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physical reactions like

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crying shaking and screaming rise

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peak and fall within a matter of minutes

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number three emotions don't always need

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a specific reason

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have you ever felt a certain way but

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didn't know why or had to grapple with

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an emotion that hit you

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out of nowhere while it can be confusing

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and difficult to make sense of our

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emotions when we don't know what the

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reason behind them is

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sometimes you just need to let yourself

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feel whatever it is that you're feeling

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and try not to get so caught up in

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figuring out why you're feeling it

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there could be a dozen different reasons

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why you're feeling something

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but it's okay to feel it whether you're

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feeling sad

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upset happy or scared be honest about

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how you feel and accept it without

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judgment

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all of your feelings are valid number

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four

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emotions don't always need a reaction

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whether it's anger

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jealousy sadness or discontentment

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there's nothing wrong with feeling a

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certain way you don't have to feel

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guilty or ashamed about your emotions as

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long as you also understand

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that not every emotion deserves to be

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acted upon

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when you wind up losing control and let

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your emotions get the better of you

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you can say hurtful things or do

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something you'll later come to regret

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number five there are no negative

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emotions

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while most of us believe that feelings

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can be either good

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or bad psychologists actually argue that

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all feelings are neutral

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there's no such thing as a positive or

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negative emotion because emotions aren't

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inherently

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anything they're only what we make of

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them

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and though it can sometimes feel painful

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or overwhelming to feel things so

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strongly and deeply

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allowing yourself to experience your

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true emotions can teach you a great deal

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about yourself

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and who you really are this is because

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six all emotions serve a purpose

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you experience a wide spectrum of

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different multifaceted emotions

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your feelings are a natural part of life

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and they serve to let you know

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how you're affected by what goes on both

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within your life and within yourself

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every emotion serves a purpose to point

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you in the right direction

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and to help make sense of what you're

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going through for example

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envy and discontentment can signal that

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there's a need you're not satisfying for

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yourself

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and could be missing from your life

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anger lets you know that your boundaries

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have been crossed

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anxiety and fear keep you safe from

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potential danger

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happiness teaches you to seek out the

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people and places that make you feel

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loved

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feelings of sadness are a way for you to

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process the loss of something that was

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once important to you

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[Music]

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seven emotions are contagious

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last but not least something you need to

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know about your emotions

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is that they can be very contagious

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several scientific studies have found

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that when you're in a group of people

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you subconsciously mimic the emotions of

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those around you

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as an expression of your innate desire

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to belong

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with that in mind it's no wonder why

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having toxic people in your life

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can bring you down and emotionally drain

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you this is why it's important to

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surround yourself with people who

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lift you up that you enjoy spending time

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with

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and whom you truly feel connected to did

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you learn something new about yourself

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and your emotions

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