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| | *[https://www.choosingtherapy.com/emotion-focused-coping/ Emotion-Focused Coping: Definition, Examples & Strategies] by Michelle Risser, LISW-S | | *[https://www.choosingtherapy.com/emotion-focused-coping/ Emotion-Focused Coping: Definition, Examples & Strategies] by Michelle Risser, LISW-S |
| | *[https://www.sondermind.com/resources/articles-and-content/emotion-focused-coping/#:~:text=Reduced%20stress,better%20physical%20and%20mental%20health. What Is Emotion-Focused Coping? Techniques and Examples]</ref> | | *[https://www.sondermind.com/resources/articles-and-content/emotion-focused-coping/#:~:text=Reduced%20stress,better%20physical%20and%20mental%20health. What Is Emotion-Focused Coping? Techniques and Examples]</ref> |
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| | + | == Emotional conflict == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Emotional conflict]] and [[Neuroticism]] |
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| | + | [[Emotional conflict]] occurs when a person experiences two (or more) opposing [[emotion]]s/feelings at the same time, and those opposing feelings are pulling them in different directions. |
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| | + | [[Carl Jung]] indicated that "emotional conflicts and the intervention of the unconscious are the classical features of...medical psychology".<ref>C. G. Jung, Man and his Symbols (London 1964) p. 80</ref> The child psychoanalyst Eric Erickson indicated that emotional conflict was a source of [[Neurosis|neurosis]] in children.<ref>David L. Sills ed., International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Vols 9-10 (1968) p. 158</ref> |
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| | + | Emotional conflict happens when: |
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| | + | * A person wishes to do something, but another part of the person doesn’t want to do it. |
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| | + | * A person feels both positive and negative emotions about the same person or situation. |
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| | + | * A person has two or more different values, desires, or needs inside themselves that are incompatible. |
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| | + | Emotional conflict can create [[stress]], indecision, hesitation, and/or even physical tension. See also: [[Stress management]] |
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| | == Sociology of emotions == | | == Sociology of emotions == |