Mapping emotions
![Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: a colourful wheel showing how emotions mix](https://images.prismic.io/sketchplanations/414de145-a23b-4b64-95e1-2fe897fd7071_153273656556.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=3840&q=50)
This is Robert Plutchik’s wheel of emotions. I like it because it tries to make sense out of the range of emotions we have by relating his 8 primary emotions to related ones where two primary emotions meet. For example, remorse is like feeling both disgust and sadness; awe is surprise and fear.
On opposite sides of the wheel are opposite emotions eg, Joy >< Sadness
Other versions of his framework go 3D and map the intensity of emotions as well, for example, rage > anger > annoyance, or ecstasy > joy > serenity.
Neat.
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