Inner States
274 entries in this realm
Subcategories
Primary Emotions
The classical emotion families and their variants — anger, joy, sadness, fear, disgust, surprise — and what each is asking for.
31 entries →Complex & Cross-Cultural Emotions
Saudade, ya'aburnee, mono no aware, schadenfreude, fremdscham — the feelings other languages name and English doesn't.
30 entries →Mood States
Sustained affective backgrounds — depressive types, manic patterns, dysphoria, mixed states, baseline mood.
30 entries →Anxiety Patterns
Vigilance that has overshot — the Threat Guardian protecting against threats that aren't there.
27 entries →Avoidance Patterns
Short-term relief that compounds the original cost. The Avoidance Loop in everyday form.
31 entries →Emotional Loops
Feeling-circles the mind runs around an unresolved core — rumination, projection, suppression, displacement.
32 entries →Dissociation & Numbness
When the felt range narrows. Often a Threat Guardian function gone permanent.
29 entries →Longing & Emptiness
The wanting-mood. What the Meaning Guardian asks when the day has finished but not landed.
30 entries →Anger & Shame
The hot and cold sides of Belonging — protecting standing through fight or withdrawal.
34 entries →