In many studies, people who can finely distinguish between unpleasant emotions are 30% more flexible in regulating their emotions, less likely to drink excessively under stress, and less likely to retaliate aggressively against someone who had hurt them.

Developing your "emotional granularity," finding the right words for the emotions you are experiencing is a critical step in helping you develop your emotional skills.

Don't be too demanding with yourself, to find the right word is difficult, especially if your work on emotions is still recent. 

To help you, we propose below a first list of emotional words, grouped by themes.

You will complete this list as your discoveries, your awareness and your progress