Plutchik claims that there are a total of eight basic emotions. He claims that, just as a whole range of colors is generated from the three primary colors (yellow, red, and blue), something similar happens with emotions. Plutchik’s emotional wheel classifies the emotions experienced most frequently, separating them by color. However, have you ever stopped to think about what it really means to be okay or not?
As a rule, you want to be happy and feel okay. Consequently, your daily routine is increasingly dizzying and you tend to postpone aspects as fundamental as self-care, such as stopping to reflect on how you feel. “We think we are the quintessential rational animal on the planet, but we forget that we are also the most emotional.”
