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Emotions

The Science of Emotion

  • What Are Emotions?

The Positive Emotions

  • Happiness
  • Love

The Fear Family

  • Fear
  • Anxiety
  • Insecurity

The Anger Family

  • Anger

The Self-Conscious Emotions

  • Shame and Guilt
  • Pride
  • Envy
  • Jealousy

Longing and Desire

  • Desire, Attachment & Revenge
  • Lust
  • Melancholy
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Emotions

The Self-Conscious Emotions

Shame, pride, envy, jealousy — the emotions that arise from self-evaluation and social comparison. The most socially shaped emotions we have.

4 chapters

Chapters

  1. 08

    Shame and Guilt

    Guilt says 'I did something bad.' Shame says 'I am bad.' They feel similar but work completely differently — and one is far more destructive.

    2 min
  2. 09

    Pride

    Pride as self-respect is a virtue, but when it becomes excessive self-elevation, it turns sinful. Humility is the antidote.

    4 min
  3. 10

    Envy

    Envy is pain at another's good fortune, what fuels it, how it differs from admiration, and why gratitude is its only real antidote.

    4 min
  4. 11

    Jealousy

    Jealousy is the fear of losing what you already have. What it's actually pointing at, how it differs from envy, and what it reveals about insecurity.

    1 min
© 2026 Sourabh. All writing is my own.
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