Emotional Reality Research Articles

The hidden emotions of therapists: An autoethnographic exploration of working with clients who self‐injure

AbstractIntroductionThis paper explores how working with clients who self‐injure generates significant emotional reactions in therapists, often difficult to manage. Drawing on my clinical experience as a researcher and counsellor, I provide an evocative autoethnographic account, highlighting hidden, forbidden or taboo feelings. The aim was to deepen understanding of therapists' emotional realities and contribute to the limited literature on this subject.MethodThrough journaling, sketching, metaphor and field notes, I detail personal experiences with clients who self‐injure. This autoethnography explores my emotions and reactions. A case vignette illustrates my experiences, promoting critical and empathic consideration of how therapist emotions are experienced.Data AnalysisI use autoethnographic methods to analyse the emotional impact and existential reflections of working with clients who self‐injure, employing layers of qualitative interpretation from various personal data sources.ResultsFindings reveal that working with clients who self‐injure forces me to confront my mortality, evoking deep existential reflections and intense emotions like vulnerability and fear. This disrupts my sense of immortality, highlighting my role's limitations and evoking shame and self‐doubt about my ability to alleviate suffering.Implications for PracticeThis paper advances research on self‐injury and emphasises autoethnography as a valuable avenue for counsellors engaging in research. Grounded in PhD study, this paper makes an original contribution to knowledge. Integrating discussions on mortality and emotional vulnerability into supervision and training is crucial, alongside comprehensive training that addresses emotional and unconscious issues. Accessible supervision fosters growth, reduces stigma and supports therapists working with clients who self‐injure.

‘Circling the Drain’: The Emotional ‘Dirty’ Work of Legal Aid Workers

Emotions have traditionally been seen as out of place in law. They are viewed in opposition to many of law’s central values such as efficiency and rationality. Despite this, legal work often involves brushing up against the messy, complex and emotional realities of people’s lives. Those who do this work must occupy a liminal space between the law’s prescribed rationality and decorum and the emotional lives of their clients. Drawing on 27 interviews from people working with the Legal Aid Board in Ireland, k, this article considers what the social consequences of this might be for the workers. It explores how emotions in this context can be understood as emotional dirt, how legal aid workers are tainted due to their proximity to this dirt and how they engage in practices to deal with the consequences of this. The article highlights how understanding legal aid work as emotionally dirty provides important insights into the role of emotions and stigma in this type of work.

Opowieść autobiograficzna jako sieć. Analiza „Pokoju utrechckiego” Alice Munro w ujęciu językoznawstwa kognitywnego

The paper uses the conceptual metaphor WEAVING AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE IS WEAVING A WEB as an analytical tool to guide the exploration of the autobiographical aspects of Alice Munro’s short fiction, in which the writer often reconstructs the emotional reality of her past. The paper analyses Munro’s The Peace of Utrecht through the lens of Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar, focusing on the use of the English Present tense. To conclude, the study bears out Langacker’s epistemic account of the English present, revealing how the protagonist’s conception of reality changes as she weaves her narrative in an attempt to reconnect with the past.

Pietistic atheism and the modern breakthrough: on the narrative culture of secularity

ABSTRACT Secularity was first substantiated as a cultural practice constitutive of modernity in late-nineteenth-century fiction. The so-called Modern Breakthrough in Danish literature, taking place between 1871 and into the 1880s, is a prime case of a cultural radical movement that translated the modern criticism of religion into a literary and political program. Today, the Danish writer J. P. Jacobsen’s novel Niels Lyhne (1880) remains a classic of the atheistic literature of the period. Its portrayal of the psychological struggles involved in the transition from a tradition of faith to a modern secular society suggest it to be a core document of atheistic identity formation. To contemporaries, however, the psychology of the protagonist Niels Lyhne seemed fundamentally implausible, and his atheism overtly dramatic. By contextualising the literary work in its wider and highly contested narrative culture, this article discusses how narrative scripts first substantiated the modern religious vs secular distinction. In documenting the changing plausibility structures by which Jacobsen’s novel could become prescriptive of the emotional norms of a secular mind, the article explores how literary works shape cultural and emotional realities.

Analisis Semiotika John Fiske terhadap Representasi Kedekatan Emosional Orang Tua dan Anak dalam Film “Pulang”

Emotional closeness is fundamental in a harmonious family which is often implemented with interaction between parents and children, but interaction is not always the main thing but behavior, habits, touch or physical contact also greatly affect emotional closeness. This study aims to explore the form of emotional closeness that is formed between parents and children in the film ‘Pulang’, the theme of the film is family conflict which focuses on Pras (Ringgo Agus) and Rindu (Ziva Magnolya) during their trip to Jogjakarta. By using John Fiske's semiotic analysis with its three levels, the research results can be presented in the form of a representation of emotional closeness at the level of reality which is confirmed through dynamic interactions, freedom of expression and gestures as a form of care and affection. The level representation highlighted in the camera technique (shots) has shown signs at the level of reality as evidenced by the interactions between the characters. The ideological level found is Liberalism which is applied in parenting, education and early child development by parents in influencing emotional closeness. Then the form of emotional closeness that is formed is a secure attachment pattern that constructs a high emotional reality closeness to the characters Pras and Rindu.

Modeling the user experience in virtual and real world transition by understanding the user goal value

Recent advancements in social computing have led to a significant impact on the boundary between the virtual and real worlds. This study explores the virtual world within digital games, using a mean-end chain model and the laddering method to conduct in-depth interviews. It was found that Convenience, Interactions with others, and Ease of use, were the main design attributes for users. The main consequences for the user are discovered to be the Sense of physical presence and Physical or emotional reality is affected. Important values sought by the player are Self-fulfillment and Make life easier. Interestingly, while virtual worlds can have positive effects on users' real lives, they also introduce negative consequences, such as desensitization. In response to these findings, initial steps are proposed to address this issue, including the creation of a structural framework for users transitioning between virtual and real worlds. This framework offers theoretical guidance for future game product development in three-dimensional virtual environments, ultimately enhancing the player experience.

A STUDY ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Although a persons feelings cannot be observed directly by others but they can be inferred from overt behavior and verbal report of introspection, as no one can doubt the reality of emotions as conscious experiences. Emotions are inherently neither positive nor negative. Exhibiting the emotion is very easy but doing it at the right time, place as well as right person and to do the right degree is difficult. In fact, each feeling provides us with vital and potentially profitable information every minute a day. The management of emotions has given rise to the most talk about term Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is developed through experiences. Competencies keep on growing through the experiences; people get better and better in handling emotions, influencing others and in social adroitness. It encompasses awareness about our ones own capabilities, strengths and weaknesses. There are many examples of how emotional intelligence can play a role in daily life, it can be powerful, but also it is temporary. The present study was conducted to know the emotional intelligence among secondary school students. Samples of 90 students were selected from different types of high school (rural and urban) from Mysuru district. After all the data analysis and interpretation it is found that 82 students are having high level of emotional intelligence , 7 students are having normal level of emotional intelligence , no students are having low level of emotional intelligence. KEY WORDS: Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Behavior, Social adroitness.

Negativizing emotive coloronyms: A Kazakhstan-US Ethno-Psycholinguistic comparison

Neurotargeting prioritizes emotions in understanding collective unconscious and individual behavior. Comparative emotive linguistics reveals cross-cultural emotional expression variations. Despite extensive emotion research, gaps remain due to differing response norms. Psychology understands emotions well, but lacks universal classification, hindering linguistic description. Confusion between emotion and emotive obscures psychophysiological and verbal distinctions. Nonverbal emotives, reflecting emotions, require analysis of generation and expression mechanisms. This study examines color's role in conveying negative emotions in Kazakh writer A. Nurpeisov's "Blood and Sweat" and American writer T. Dreiser's "Trilogy of Desire." Authors use linguistic and nonverbal methods to portray emotions. Hypothesis: color as emotive state designation functions with "permissible-unacceptable" and "good-bad" evaluations, evident in shaping emotional reality perception. Analyzing coloristic negative emotives uncovers ethno-cultural metaphorical models, connecting emotive coloronyms with basic emotional concepts. Findings aid standardizing cognitive mechanisms for understanding mental experiences and comparative emotive linguistic terminology.

The Depressed Teenage Brain: Chatbot Psychoeducation

ObjectiveTo gain the knowledge needed to develop a cognitive behavioral intervention and reliable psychoeducation applicable for conversational artificial intelligence models, we investigated the underlying constructs of thoughts common to cognitive distortions found in online questions written by adolescents with symptoms of depression. MethodsFrom June 30, 2020, to October 30, 2020, we analyzed a sample of 100 written questions from adolescents about depression posted on an online information service using a qualitative analysis guided by cognitive behavioral theory and informed by the neuroscience of adolescence. ResultsFour types of cognitive distortions (CDs) were found: (1) emotional reasoning, (2) mind reading, (3) catastrophizing, and (4) labeling. Our analysis suggested 3 underlying constructs common to the different CDs: (1) emotional states appearing as reality, (2) experiencing this emotional reality as something others think, and (3) generalizing such beliefs to every relation and the future. These constructs may signify events leading to a ruminative state that seems hard to escape. ConclusionThe 4 different CDs originate from 3 underlying constructs possibly associated with adolescent neurodevelopment. This study indicates a potential to reveal the underlying constructs of thought common to different CDs, thus making CDs more useful as a target point in artificial intelligence–based technological information and intervention tools.

Understanding the challenges of disaster victim identification: perspectives of Australian forensic practitioners.

Disaster victim identification (DVI) is an important process in the aftermath of disasters to provide answers for the families and communities of victims. Australian forensic practitioners contribute to such processes internationally under difficult post-disaster circumstances. The aim of the study was to better understand the challenges experienced by forensic practitioners in international DVI operations. Participants (N = 20) included DNA analysts, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists, forensic pathologists, and mortuary technicians who had experience in DVI operations. Participants were interviewed about their experiences and perceptions of the challenges of DVI. The findings provide valuable insights into the types of DVI operations in which Australian forensic practitioners have been involved internationally. Thematic analysis of interview data resulted in five main themes: the post-disaster work environment; DVI management and processes; political and financial influences; teamwork in intercultural and interdisciplinary contexts; and confronting the emotional realities of DVI work. The analysis highlights the interrelated challenges associated with DVI operations in international contexts. Practitioners also provided suggestions for improvement, which generally aligned with the themes and reflected an ethos of learning and continuous improvement in DVI. Further research on education and training and capacity-development initiatives is warranted.

The unexpected emotional cost of teaching chemistry in a pandemic

In the past 2.5 years, STEM faculty around the world have faced unprecedent challenges, complete upheaval of routine, and staggering loss. Managing these new realities has required significant emotional labor. This paper offers one perspective on the emotional reality of teaching collegiate chemistry at a large public research university in the United States. Considering and describing emotions such as frustration, grief, anger and hope, I share a hidden reality of being faculty during a pandemic. I also discuss how we might learn from the path traveled and more deftly navigate the road ahead.

Analisis Semiotika John Fiske terhadap Representasi Kedekatan Emosional Orang Tua dan Anak Dalam Film “Pulang”

Emotional closeness is fundamental in a harmonious family which is often implemented with interaction between parents and children, but interaction is not always the main thing but behavior, habits, touch or physical contact also greatly affect emotional closeness. This study aims to explore the form of emotional closeness that is formed between parents and children in the film ‘Pulang’, the theme of the film is family conflict which focuses on Pras (Ringgo Agus) and Rindu (Ziva Magnolya) during their trip to Jogjakarta. By using John Fiske's semiotic analysis with its three levels, the research results can be presented in the form of a representation of emotional closeness at the level of reality which is confirmed through dynamic interactions, freedom of expression and gestures as a form of care and affection. The level representation highlighted in the camera technique (shots) has shown signs at the level of reality as evidenced by the interactions between the characters. The ideological level found is Liberalism which is applied in parenting, education and early child development by parents in influencing emotional closeness. Then the form of emotional closeness that is formed is a secure attachment pattern that constructs a high emotional reality closeness to the characters Pras and Rindu.
 Keywords: Emotional Closeness; Interaction; Semiotic; Liberalism

Combat Art: An Avant-Garde Approach to Developing Critical Thinkers

Combat art—in this case, paintings and sketches created by Marines and drawn from lived combat experience—is a unique form of fine art. A body of research suggests that studying fine art can develop critical thinking skills that transfer across numerous disciplines. For U.S. Marines, engaging combat art improves the critical thinking skills and creative problem-solving abilities needed to succeed in future wars. Moreover, as fine art created by Marines in war, combat art also prepares a Marine’s mind for the physical and emotional realities of combat.

The E2R (Emotion, regression, repair) method: A case study of this new pragmatic hypnotherapy technique

The E2R (Emotion, Regression, Repair) method is a pragmatic and innovative technique for treating psychological complaints. It is the result of the professional experience of two caregivers who have been training medical and paramedical colleagues since 2016 in this method.There is always an Emotion in the symptom that a patient presents. During the trance, the hypnotherapist uses it as a thread for age Regressions, often up to 3 years old. The patient can then identify a situation that triggered an identical experience. They self-reorganizes their emotional experience according to their needs, accompanied step by step by the therapist who follows the protocol of the repair loop. This new emotional reality experienced in trance replaces the factual reality of the previous trauma and reduces or even eliminates the present complaint through an adapted Repair.The E2R method works without taking a prior hypnotizability test. The need for change and the desire to engage in hypnotherapy are the only predispositions required, regardless of the complaint.A case study of a patient with chronic severe insomnia who received four sessions of hypnotherapy using the E2R protocol illustrates this approach and its benefits.

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Categorisation of Lubukusu conceptual metaphors of pain in doctor-patient consultation

This study examines the metaphors of pain embedded in the conceptual systems of Lubukusu speakers and seeks to establish how categories of these metaphors becomes significant for adequate understanding of emotional reality. The study adopted analytical research design. Nurses were engaged in a role-play of doctor-patient consultations in Lubukusu to bring out a reflection of their experiences with terminally ill Bukusu patients in their medical care. The source domain for the categories of the metaphors analysed to map the source domain are; PLANT, ANIMAL, BAD SMELL, BAD TASTE, SUPERNATURAL, NON-LIVING and MIXED CAUSE onto the target domains of pain. Although there is a lot of research on emotion metaphors, much still remain unknown especially as pertains to the knowledge of corporeal experiences in the conceptualisation of pain. In this view, the paper explores the role of these experiences in the structuring of Lubukusu speaking patients’ concepts of pain when seeking medical services from non-native Lubukusu Doctors. The study sheds light on the need for stakeholders in the health sector to engage linguists in addressing the glaring mismatches, miscommunication and misunderstandings in health communication.

More than words: Comics als narratives Medium für Mehr-als-menschliche Geographien

Abstract. Human-animal relations are often experienced viscerally. These corporeal, affective, sensual and emotional realities cannot easily be put into words and adequately expressed through linear and textual forms. For this reason, this paper investigates the potential of comics in more-than-human geographies. It identifies three different ways of how geographers approach this field of research and communication: (1) comic analysis, (2) comic semiotics and (3) comic practice. In their comic drawings geographers try to make specific viewpoints, moments, emotions and relations visible that have been underexposed either socio-politically or in terms of scientific practice. The article then discusses more-than-human qualities of comics, arguing that graphic narratives emerge as productive tools to reveal „the in_between“ of humans and nonhumans. It further describes an exemplary approach to a collaborative comic and how visceral or nonverbal aspects in human-animal relations can be expressed and experienced, using the empirical study of returning wolves to Switzerland.

Emotions and foreign language learning in online classrooms: affective strategy applications

This article sets out to investigate the emotional aspects of foreign language learning in virtual classrooms. The pandemic has brought about a sudden transition to online and/or hybrid teaching in Italian universities, giving teachers and students new academic challenges while causing worry, stress, and anxiety. Since emotions are of fundamental importance to students’ learning as well as their wellbeing, this study explores possible interventions in the online classroom that target the emotional realities of foreign language learning and are aimed at building a safe and collaborative learning environment. Such interventions, based on affective strategies (Oxford, “Anxious Language Learners”), promote mindful learning (Langer, “Mindful Learning”) and autobiographical writing in the form of online journals in which learners can share their emotions using the foreign language.

Because They Don’t Know Bits from Bobs: Exploring the Hows and Whys of Teaching Sex Ed Alongside Sexual Ethics

This paper will examine why professors and religious educators who plan to facilitate discussions on sexual ethics or morality should also be prepared to teach “sex ed” content to their learners, who otherwise may have inconsistent or incomplete knowledge about the biological and emotional realities of sex and sexuality. This piece will propose three areas–vocabulary and language, pleasure, and risks and rewards of sexual expression–where teachers can offer informational knowledge that will scaffold learners’ critical thinking around sexuality, with examples of activities to facilitate discussion.

The Overflow of Contained Emotions in Anita Rau Badami’s The Hero’s Walk

In this article, Anita Rau Badami's second novel, The Hero’s Walk (2000), is analysed through the perspective of the field of affects. This analysis examines how the author, through the imagery of water, presents the non-physical reality of feelings and emotions. Water is the most receptive of the elements, a source of continuous, intimate and transitory metamorphoses. In the form of storms, floods, and other types of natural phenomena related to this element, it is possible to observe how Badami makes use of a metaphorical conceptualisation of intense emotional states related to the psychological trauma that arises from the loss of a loved one. For the purpose of analysis, several important sources in the field of affect theory and water symbolism will be considered. Special emphasis will also be placed on the body (and the house as an integral extension of it) as a receptacle for contained emotions in the processing of pain.