🧅 PRIMARY VS SECONDARY
PAGE 1 OF 5 — THE HIDDEN TRUTH
THE ONION
EMOTIONS HAVE LAYERS
What you see on the surface is not always what you feel deep inside. When your friend snaps at you in anger, the real emotion underneath might be fear, hurt, or shame. Primary emotions are the first, deepest feelings. Secondary emotions are what we show the world instead. Understanding this difference can transform how you respond to others.
📊 DID YOU KNOW?
Psychologists use the term 'primary emotion' for the first feeling that arises in response to a trigger, and 'secondary emotion' for the feeling about the primary emotion itself.
LAYERED!
WHAT YOU SEE
😠 Anger (Secondary)
💢 Defensiveness
💢 Defensiveness
WHAT'S UNDERNEATH
😢 Hurt (Primary)
😰 Fear (Primary)
😰 Fear (Primary)