What is the most beneficial emotion? How about the most destructive?

[overthinkingmind]

As human beings and the social creatures we are, we get able to discover and experience a lot of emotions throughout our lifes.
I confess, I love emotions. I love to feel them. Not all of them make us feel good, though.
So, for you, what is the most beneficial emotion? And how about the most destructive one?

Here are some:
Joy, Happiness, Gratitude, Serenity, Hope, Pride, Amusement, Interest, Curiosity, Excitement, Inspiration, Confidence, Love, Satisfaction, Self-realization.
Fear, Depression, Rage/Anger, Jealousy, Shame, Guilt, Hatred, Sadness, Anxiety, Disappointment, Regret, Loneliness, Shyness, Annoyance, Despair, Hurt.

[chintita]

so sadness, contempt, shame and disgust are turn offs lmao the crotch's blue. i love how happiness and love are the same except love lights up the crotch area also haha

i think sadness is the most beneficial emotion since that's what sympathy usually comes in the form of. we wouldn't appreciate happiness without sadness.

i think the worst emotion is shame since it feels the worst in my opinion. we shouldn't feel shameful for most of the shit we feel shameful for.

[overthinkingmind]

Lol, yeah I noticed that too :p
Good way of seeing things! I agree with that, you usually sympathize with people who understand your emotions.

[Mustachekitteh]

Fear is actually beneficial, since it really makes you realize how vulnerable you are. It also makes you realize what you need to improve on.

The most destructive is Anxiety, reason is you also become extremely paranoid when you feel it. So then you start freaking out and going in a downward spiral. Plus it damages your physical health too.

[kaylaS91]

Love, for both.
When things are going well with love, it can make you feel amazing. Like you've reached ultimate happiness, not a single stress. When things are going not so well with it, though, it can very quickly make you feel like your life has no meaning. Devoid of hope, completely.

[overthinkingmind]

I was expeting this answer, actually. I don't even know how it took so long :p I agree!

[ClariceOwen23]

I'd have to say the most beneficial one is fear. Because it actually makes you think before you act. So you're less likely to make rash decisions.

The most destructive one is depression or loneliness in my opinion, but there are many

[overthinkingmind]

Wow, I like that point of view!
As you can see I was considering fear one of the bad ones. But I guess everything has its own importance/benefit, huh?

[Mustachekitteh]

Did you pick fear dude to an anime or video game? :D

[ClariceOwen23]

@Mustachekitteh I kinda said it because of a bunch of fictional media, but also from personal experience :P

[Mustachekitteh]

It mostly made me think of naruto for some reason.

[ClariceOwen23]

@Mustachekitteh yeah it was mentioned a bunch of times in Naruto

[ClariceOwen23]

Thanks :)

[overthinkingmind]

You're welcome :)

[cavmanier]

I'll say the most beneficial emotion is feeling loved and supported. It's really important for a person to feel in order for themselves to naturally have creativity with their the range of positive emotion possibilities.

The most destructive is probably desire without empathy (greed). That's what leads to war and what contributes to part of why there's dramatic wealth or resources separation and financial suffering.

[HGStebbins]

Love is both. Love can lead to fear... and you know the rest

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[mrfoox]

As someone with deppression, I'd say an lack of emotion is destructive. I have moments I should feel something, but there's nothing, and it's a scary feeling. My favorite is happiness, sadly those feelings pass too fast for me

[overthinkingmind]

I'm really sorry to read that :( I can only imagine... it does seem scary, when you know u should feel something, but you don't. But as long as you can still feel hope, I think everything will be alright :) Better times will come, you have to believe!

[raio81597]

Fear and anxiety are the most destructive.
Anger and happiness are the most beneficial.

Rear can make us act in destructive ways and destroys relationships. Anxiety can also destroy relationships as it makes one paranoid and react to outside stimuli in a negative way which results in more negative emotions that damage ones health.

Anger used wisely can motivate people to improve in an area that they lack, however it has to be used at the situation not at oneself or someone else. Happiness releases endorphins that can heal the body.

[overthinkingmind]

Interesting... To use anger as a motivation to achieve something, is that it?
However, I'm not so sure it would be the best reason to have motivation. I'd like to have motivation naturally (even though it doesn't always happens).

[raio81597]

Use anger as determination to accomplish a goal. Such as putting a square peg in a round hole. People are often angry at the round hole or they are angry at the pg being square the two are not compatible so, what do you do? Well you bridge the incompatibility, you can turn the square peg on a lathe and make it round right? So that's what you do, you get mad at the situation and figure out a solution. In the case of people you learn what it takes to make things work not give up and throw in the towel, there is always a solution.

[HGStebbins]

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[overthinkingmind]

I see. We get angry until we find a solution. Okay, makes sense :)

[raio81597]

Yes frustration is a form of anger, yet if used wisely we can use it as determination until we achieve what we want.

[Aizou]

Fear, is the most destructive, because it can cause you to do terrible things..
But..! It is also the most beneficial (didn't expect that huh?) as it can prevent you from doing terrible things..

One would think love and happiness would be the bet hm? But being happy can be on the account of others, and love may make you kill yourself, even if it saves someone else.

[overthinkingmind]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting that one for sure! :p As I said to @ClariceOwen23 I guess everything has its own importance/benefit, after all. We wouldn't appreciate and value so much the good feelings, if we didn't experience the bad ones too.

That's true about the love thing. Love can be the best, but it can also be the worse lol

[Jxpxtxr]

I think the most beneficial out of those is happiness, at least for me it is.
The most destructive is fear I'd say - Humans, just like all other animals, do the worst things not out of anger but out of fear.

[mikemx55]

I'm gonna highjack this opinion, to post my own, since gag likes to close questions..
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The most beneficial (and also dangerous), is probably happiness, and it is beneficial, because from the root of its definition, it is associated with positive feelings, and a good well-being overall. It can be dangerous, because we put our guards down, and let that state of mind take over us, turning it easy to make mistakes, due to the attention deficit.

[mikemx55]

The most destructive, is quite possibly an emotion, that isn't even an emotion, but rather the lack of it -> Neutral. That is probably the most destructive one, because as humans, we are born to feel. Everything we feel makes us gather experiences, and learn from them. From the moment where we start to become neutral, we start to become more and more like an emotionless robot. We lose the perception of how the things around us affect our mental state. Either feeling sad or happy emotions is better than feeling no emotions, and in fact, that is one of the symptoms that are diagnosed in personality disorders and psycopaths.

[overthinkingmind]

@mikemx55 Next time post earlier!!! :p
Great answer, as always. I like the way you interpret things :)

[Metlahaed]

Just so everyone is aware, the picture under the title is an Artists interpretation, not a real physiological response to emotions.

Love and hate, Duh.

[overthinkingmind]

Thanks! I wasn't aware of that tbh. Do you think the image is accurate or close to the truth?

[Metlahaed]

Metaphorically? Yes. Biologically? No. lol

[overthinkingmind]

Fair enough! :p

[mikemx55]

why not? Isn't it just a heatmap? Where does it fail?

[Metlahaed]

@mikemx55 No, it is not a heat map. It is an artists interpretation on what a number of people verbally explained what they felt when describing certain emotions. It is false through and through, zero validity, and no actual measurements were made. Just an artist painting a picture on an "average" of what people thought they felt.

[mikemx55]

Oh well.. ok, but it's got some ground truth to it. Since looking at it, I could identify some of the feelings as they are depicted. It may not be accurate according to measurements, but it is somewhat related to what people think they feel.

Was this from some art exposition or some famous artist?

[Metlahaed]

@mikemx55 https://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646.abstract

I guarantee that if they simply attached heat monitors around their bodies, the reality would paint a very different and unrelated picture. But the study is still interesting I suppose.

[akadatank44]

The most destructive one is anger. Anger can make you think and do certain things you'd never do in your right mind. It can get you into trouble. You can be thrown in jail or commit a harsh crime. That said I can thrive on anger as well.

Fear is the best emotion. Odd right? Fear is what keeps us going and helps us know who we are and what we can do. Let's us know our limits but also pushes us to conquer our fears. It also let's us know we are human.

[Humping_Tornadoes]

Fear, because it won't let you advance, and regret, because you can't move on when looking at your past.

As for the most positive, I'd say inapiration to do what you want to do, and achieve yoir goals. Hope and serenity and great indivudual values as well.

[LeafClover]

This chart explains and answers your question ;) Happiness and love are most beneficials, depression and sadness are most destructive emotions. And I agree what this chart shows :)

[overthinkingmind]

Yes, I also think it is very accurate. At least when it comes to the way we feel those emotions :)

[MrMafioso]

Most beneficial is neutral, so you could easily shift with a different emotion. I think being neutral is the only emotion with no flaws. Most destructive is depression. Depression would pull your life down, it's hard to see hope with this emotion.

[overthinkingmind]

This makes sense!

[Haciryne]

Love is the most beneficial and depression is the most destructive emotions. by the way happiness comes with love :)

[overthinkingmind]

You're completely right :) Both hapiness and sadness can come with love, though. How about that? :p

[Haciryne]

Yes this is one step further :)

[lovestruckangel]

Beneficial=Happiness
Destructive=Anxiety. There is more but I find with me, once anxiety sets in I'm a gonna for any positive outcome.

[Yanoa_Yanza]

I think confidence is the strongest
And self doubt the most dangerous

[overthinkingmind]

Want to explain? :p

[Yanoa_Yanza]

If you love yourself, believe in yourself that you can achieve what you want to achieve... you'll get very far.

If you doubt yourself... it's going to be the complete opposite. You'll miss out on opportunities, you feel bad about yourself when you shouldn't... you'll regret it

[overthinkingmind]

Humm, I get it. What if other people don't like you because of your confidence and you came out as cocky? :p That wouldn't be beneficial

[Yanoa_Yanza]

Well that's on you. There's healthy and unhealthy confidence I guess xD

[overthinkingmind]

Can't argue with that :p alright :)

[Yanoa_Yanza]

*hops to the next question*

[User999]

Happiness is the most beneficial and anger is the most destructive

[Byakuyarko]

Pride... Pride can make you do things that you never thought you ever could

[immortalsoul]

FEEL LOVE USE HATE :)

[Crazyinlove2003]

Beneficial.. Compassion
Destructive... Jealousy