The Subconscious Mind

Welcome to . New . Ideas .in .Psychology

Emotions : what they are and how to identify them.

The new ideas on this website explore the roles of
emotions and subconscious beliefs
in
character development,
and in
the generation of mental confusion.

The world of emotion is a strange world, and the key which unlocks its meaning is psycho-dynamic psychology.

Welcome

to a World of Strangeness

There are two principal sets of articles on this site, one set on emotion (in three parts) and the other set on the process of abreaction (in five parts).

I use a traditional model of consciousness, which I bring up to date in order to enable me to define what an emotion is. Then I show how to identify emotions. Once this identification is accomplished, the process of abreaction can then be detected and analysed. Abreaction is a major source of the confusion and conflict of everyday life. In addition, it complicates psycho-therapy.

These two sets of articles are the basis of the other articles on dynamic psychology (or depth psychology). I describe the characteristics and process of psycho-analysis, along with some methods used to attain character transformation. In addition, I explore the patterns and roots of personal identity.

Come and join in the exploration of self and strangeness.

Introduction Overview. . Background to the two principal sets of articles.

EMOTION E 1. . The basic model + unconscious ideas. E 2. . Characteristics of emotions. E 3. . Identifying emotions.

ABREACTION A 1. . Role of anxiety + definition of psychoanalysis. A 2. . Laws of the unconscious mind. A 3. . Catharsis and suggestion. A 4. . Resentment and bitterness. A 5. . Forgiveness and acceptance.

MORE . IDEAS Articles on psycho-analysis and identity

OTHER . SITES Links, plus Previews of my other Websites

Glossary
About Me

The three articles on emotion and the five articles on abreaction are all long articles. On my website World of Emotion, they are split up into much smaller page sizes in order to make them easier to read and digest. See Links page for the address.

This site was put on the internet in Spring 2002.

The copyright is mine, and the articles are free to use. They can be reproduced anywhere, so long as the source is acknowledged.

Ian Heath
London, UK

http://members.freezone.co.uk/ian-heath/

e-mail address:
ianheath3.tsm<at>discover-your-mind.co.uk

If you want to contact me, use the address above but replace the <at> by @

Also, since there are numerous articles on this site, please include the title of the article if you want me to clarify or discuss particular issues.

It may be a few days before I can respond to correspondence.