Positive psychology and why negative emotions give our life meaning

Larissa Fedunik
8 min readJul 12, 2021
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Let’s talk emotions.

Unhappiness. Anger. Envy. Guilt.

Joy. Gratitude. Fulfilment.

Do you categorise the first group as negative, and the second group as positive?

Do you aim to maximise positive emotions, and minimise negative ones? Do you express them equally? Is happiness…

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Larissa Fedunik

Freelance writer and science communicator based in Canberra, Australia. PhD in Chemistry.