What Is Emotional Numbness?

There are narrow and broad meanings. The former mainly refers to the state of mind, which is a psychological state of emotion, which is continuous, explicit, situational, and personalized. The latter refers to the existence form of emotion, which is mainly divided into mood, passion, and response Excited several. Mood is a weak and long-lasting emotional state, which is characterized by rendering and diffuseness; passion is a strong and transient emotional state, which is characterized by impulsivity and explosiveness; stress occurs in unexpected emergency situations Highly tense emotional states often have two extreme manifestations, one is panic and stunned, and the other is anxiety and sudden increase in strength. ^[1]

According to the intensity, persistence and tension of emotional occurrence, emotional states can be divided into

As far as the existing theory and technology are concerned, we know that there are methods to measure emotions:

(1) Physiological measurement of emotions: In the existing theories, we know the emotional inner experience and external behavioral performance, and also have their physiological mechanisms. Due to the autonomic nervous system and activities, when an organism is in a certain emotional state, a series of physiological changes occur within the organism. Based on these physiological changes, we can draw some physiological indicators to measure emotions. These indicators usually include blood pressure, pulse rate, spontaneous skin electricity, pulse amplitude fluctuations, respiratory fluctuations and comprehensive physiological indicators of skin electricity, pulse, and breathing.

(2) Expression measurement: There are three theoretical basis for expression measurement. First, facial expressions are explicit behaviors that convey specific information; second, facial expressions are common to all humans; third, newborns have facial expression patterns of basic emotions revealed without learning. Guided by these theories, some specific research methods have emerged. Widely used and representative are the facial action coding system (FACS), the maximally discriminative facial movement coding system (MAX) and the system for identifying affect expression by holistic judgments (AFFEX).

(3) Subjective experience measurement method: This method and the above physiological measurement index method and expression research method constitute a method system. The measurement method is to use a standardized scale to measure the emotional experience of the subjects. The more commonly used scales with high internal and external validity are adjective check scale, dimension scale scale, differentiation mood scale, and applied mood scale. Why this method has an important place in the study of emotions, one is based on theoretical considerations. Emotional phenomena are functions of the brain and are a phenomenon that exists objectively. What exists objectively can be recognized. Based on this, although these methods are not yet perfect, some progress has been made on the road of exploration. So theoretical or methodological considerations are prompting people to explore research methods for establishing emotional experiences. The second is for application considerations. Whether it is physiological measurement or facial expression measurement, complicated instruments and equipment are required. Not suitable for life, education, especially clinical research. To this end, measurements need to be made as easily as possible. ^[3]

Their respective physical and mental effects are:

(1) The state of mind has a great impact on people's life, work, study, and health. A positive and optimistic mood can improve people's activity efficiency, enhance confidence, be hopeful for the future, and be good for health; a negative pessimism will reduce the efficiency of cognitive activities, make people lose confidence and hope, and are often in anxiety Is harmful to health.

(2) Passion has a dual effect. Positive passion is connected with reason and strong will. It can inspire people to overcome difficulties and overcome difficulties. It is a huge motivation for human behavior. Negative passion can have adverse consequences. In the state of passion, individuals have a narrow range of cognition, their ability to analyze rationally is suppressed, their ability to control themselves is weakened, and they cannot correctly evaluate their behavioral consequences. But human reason and will can control and control one's own emotional impulses.

(3) Stress has both positive and negative effects. The general stress state makes the body have a special defense or risk-removal function, which makes people energetic, their activity increased, their thinking is clear, their movements are alert, they help people to avoid dangers, and get out of trouble in a timely manner. However, stress can also cause people to have whole-body excitement, narrow the scope of attention and consciousness, irregular speech, incoherence, disordered behaviors, stress and long-term stress, and even shock and death.