IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS
IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS
Emotions play a very significant and vital roles in our lives including:
1.Source of motivation -Emotions such as anger and fear can cause a strong motivation towards accomplishments of various goals.For example if you get angered because you failed in a continuous assessment test, youll get motivated to work hard and improve your performance.
2.Can lead to insomnia, headache and fatigue -Fear of a certain situation can cause stress which later can lead to insomnia, headache and fatigue for example if you fear because of a traumatic event which occurred during the night, you will or may lack sleep.
3.Source of strength and endurance -Happiness,joy and excitement can give one strength to proceed engaging in a particular activity for example if you get happy after being awarded you will have motivation to continue working hard.
4.Can lead to irrational behaviour when in extreme cases for example after winning a bet,you get extremely happy and you may end up engaging in irrational behaviours like drugs and substance abuse.