Le emozioni MDPAC ci definiscono: cambiamo espressione! MDPAC emotions define ourself: let's change expression!
Molti distinguono le emozioni in positive e negative, i più lungimiranti individuano in ciascuna emozione una valenza positiva e una negativa. L'ottica MDPAC supera entrambe queste concezioni ancorate al predominio della sfera razionale e considera la sfera emotiva esclusivamente in senso protettivo.
Il Metodo del Disegno Psicoemotivo per l’Analisi e la Consapevolezza, descritto nel libro “L’Albero delle emozioni”, è un percorso caratterizzato dall'assunzione del vertice emotivo come binocolo osservativo con cui esplorare le varie aree che fanno parte della vita di un individuo: le cognizioni, gli istinti, la corporeità, il comportamento, l’inconscio, la storia famigliare e personale, il senso del tempo (passato, presente e futuro), dello spazio (autonomia ed eteronomia) e delle relazioni (integrazione e individuazione).
Secondo questa ottica l'emozione interviene per rinforzare i pensieri positivi e per trasformare la tendenza dell'individuo a dare importanza in modo rigido e ipergiudicante alla propria sfera cognitiva a discapito di tutte le altre sfere tentando di PROTEGGERCI dai pensieri negativi che abbiamo circa noi stessi: non sono capace, sono debole, non sono importante, non posso gestirlo, non posso sopportarlo, io sono impotente, io non ho il controllo, io non sono una brava persona, io non mi merito, etc.
- Cinque caratteristiche – Albero genealogico.
- Le 12 emozioni:
- Situazione nella quale ha provato (nominare l’emozione) nel passato.
- Situazione nella quale prova (nominare l’emozione) nel presente.
- Situazione nella quale potrà o potrebbe provare (nominare l’emozione) in futuro.
- Elenco di situazioni (nominare l’emozione) per ogni anno di età.
- Disegno del contenitore del/la (nominare l’emozione).
- Cinque caratteristiche retest – Albero genealogico retest.
- Foglio foto: 1. Foto sé bambino a sinistra/foto sé attuale a destra 2. Foto genitori a sinistra/foto propria a destra.
According to this perspective, emotion intervenes to reinforce positive thoughts and to transform the individual's tendency to give importance in a rigid and hyper-judging way to his own cognitive sphere to the detriment of all other spheres by trying to PROTECT US from negative thoughts we have about ourselves. : I am not capable, I am weak, I am not important, I cannot manage it, I cannot bear it, I am helpless, I am not in control, I am not a good person, I do not deserve it, etc.
The MDPAC protocol has four phases:
Five characteristics - Family tree.
The 12 emotions:
Situation in which he has tried (name the emotion) in the past.
Situation in which he experiences (name the emotion) in the present.
Situation in which he can or could try (name the emotion) in the future.
List of situations (name the emotion) for each year of age.
Drawing of the container of the (name the emotion).
Five retest features - Retest family tree.
Photo sheet: 1. Child photo on the left / current self photo on the right 2. Parents photo on the left / own photo on the right.
In light of the change in the level of observation of the emotional sphere from the cognitive to the "pure" emotional one, we need to think about a redefinition of emotions with respect to that presented in my own text "The tree of emotions" pp. 44-47:
Happiness: condition of those who are fully satisfied, joyful. It comes from the Latin “felix” and means fertile, nourishing. It has the same root as fecundus which means fruitful (Zingarelli, 1997). The stabilization of happiness tends towards serenity.
MDPAC happiness: reinforces POSITIVE thoughts about ourselves (eg. I deserve to be loved, I am capable, I am up to par) and increases our state of well-being. It is important to enjoy the moment of happiness feeling that you deserve it, avoiding dwelling only on the effort made to achieve it and on the sacrifice to maintain it. In other words, MDPAC happiness reminds us that we must be gratified for the results obtained and at the same time it allows us to transform the pathological hedonic component associated with negative or omnipotent thinking by re-establishing healthy habits and improving self-respect and care.
Sadness: from the Latin “tristitia”, it expresses a feeling of suffering and restlessness (Zingarelli, 1997). For attachment theorists, sadness is associated with the "Loss of an important attachment relationship" (Plutchik, 1995 p. 20). For poets it can represent the emotion that allows them to give life to their creative work, but in excessive form it leads to depression.
Sadness MDPAC: it tells us it is not true that you are weak or that you can not do anything and if you can not do anything in practice it is important to accept your limits. This emotion allows for a more adequate reality check and to discharge toxins from the body by crying. It values the "loss": the lizard loses its tail and saves its life.
Anger: a sudden and aggressive state of mind that determines an uncontrolled desire for revenge: in Catholic doctrine it is considered one of the seven deadly sins (Zingarelli, 1997). Anger and aggression, if expressed in an assertive way, lead to a decrease in the levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, while externalizing them in an uncontrolled and excessive way can lead to shame and / or feelings of guilt. The implosion of this emotion increases the person's stress.
MDPAC anger: it is activated when we feel a threat to our self-esteem by telling us it is not true that you can not do it. If expressed assertively, it lowers the cortisol level and enhances our ability to communicate in a non-violent way. Explosion is better than implosion: anger activates attack behavior. If the lion is hungry it attacks the zebra, but never kills more than one, while the human being thinks and sometimes carries out atrocities against his own kind.
Fear: from the Latin "pavore", it consists of an "Intense disturbance mixed with concern and uneasiness about something real or imaginary that is or seems capable of causing serious damage or constituting a present or future danger" (Zingarelli, 1997 p . 1259). It represents the emotion of escaping for the survival of the self, since it allows to maintain a certain state of alert (think of a zebra that is saved from the attack of a lion and runs away after defecating to lighten the body), but if it exceeds a certain threshold it overflows into the vortex of anxious disturbances.
Fear / anxiety MDPAC: activates the escape behavior and avoidance of dangerous situations (the zebra sees the lion and runs away saving his life) by communicating that it is important to assume a more responsible attitude.
Disgust: sense of repugnance, of nausea (Zingarelli, 1997) towards things, animals or people. It represents the downside of good / good sense. Contempt: Considering someone unworthy of one's esteem (Zingarelli, 1997). It represents a complex form of relational disgust.
Disgust MDPAC: it saves us from material and psychic poisons by making us adopt an attitude of common sense by telling us it is not true that you cannot manage situations, bear them etc.
Surprise: the infinite "to surprise" means "to take from above" and is the condition of those who feel amazement or amazement (Zingarelli, 1997) in both a positive and negative sense.
MDPAC surprise: stimulates the ability to adapt, prepares us for the unexpected, works on acceptance and expectations.
Embarrassment: in Spanish "embarazar" means "to prevent" (Zingarelli, 1997). State of discomfort experienced by a person when he violates a social rule that he may or may not share in front of another person.
MDPAC Embarrassment: It reminds us that we know social norms and we know how to connect with others. It's a way to apologize non-verbally.
Shame: this emotion compared to embarrassment is more intimate and does not necessarily require the presence of an audience (as for embarrassment). It consists of a sense of mortification that is felt for thoughts, words or actions that the person himself considers immoral (Zingarelli, 1997): in this case the individual feels naked, unmasked and considers the violated "rule of conduct" to be right. The word shame derives from the Latin vereor, which means respect, while the English counterpart, shame, is linked to the Indo-European root kam, which means to hide: the first emphasizes the triggering motivation, the second on the consequent action (the conceal ).
Shame MDPAC: it reminds us that we know morals and that thoughts are just thoughts. It prevents us from translating thoughts into action. Ex: it is not true that you are not a good person, if you feel ashamed it is because you know the difference between good and evil.
Sense of guilt: "The sense of guilt [...] is a particular form of anxiety linked to ambivalence, that is to the coexistence of hate and love" (Winnicott, 1956 p. 19) and arises as a result of an action or an omission that contravenes a rule (Zingarelli, 1997).
Sense of Guilt MDPAC: Reminds us that we know ethics and that we can harbor ambivalence towards people. For example, by telling us it is not true that you are a bad person otherwise you would be a psychopath.
Jealousy: In general, jealousy is about what you have, while envy is about what you don't have. Specifically, jealousy is the feeling deriving from the fear of losing what you have or who you love.
MDPAC jealousy: gives value to the relationship and it is important to communicate it to the person with whom we relate to strengthen the bond.
Envy: "Envy is secret admiration. A person full of admiration who feels that he cannot become happy by abandoning himself [giving up his pride], chooses to become envious of what he admires. Admiration is a happy loss of oneself, envy an unhappy affirmation of oneself "(Kierkegaard, 2011, p. 88).
This emotion can be expressed in the desire both to have something or a quality of others (Zingarelli, 1997) and with a more negative meaning that the other person loses what he possesses. "It was my blood of envy so parched that if you saw a man make himself happy, you would have spilled spite on me ››. (Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, XIV, vv. 82-84).
Envy MDPAC: it is the desire for what I do not have and it is strictly connected to esteem: a desire without esteem can be defined as contempt. The attitude towards desire can be one of commitment or disengagement and each of these attitudes can have a positive and negative value. Behavior should not be confused with emotion.
Pride: Promotion of one's identity through the achievement of a goal (Lazarus, 1991, quoted in Galati, 2002 p. 269): pride also has both a positive and a negative value.
MDPAC pride: self-affirmation by achieving goals with commitment (positive behavior) or by depriving the situation of my presence (negative behavior): it is not positive and negative pride, but behavior. Those who use the expression negative pride are confusing emotion with the (dysfunctional) defense mechanism of closure, while pride tries to lead us towards a harmonious self-affirmation in terms of time, relationship and space.
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