Good piece Sarah. Couple exceptions I see from the motivational triad.
1. Sociopathy and psychopathy. One side of the triangle (emotion) is non-existent.
2. Courage under fire. Training can help people (soldiers and first responders) bypass the emotion and go directly from thought to action.
Again I see parallels to addiction recovery. Many newly sobers in AA are told “first thought-wrong.” And: “actions matter more than thoughts or emotions. Start with action; doing the next right thing that you’re told. Don’t question it. Don’t fear it. Just do it.”
Good piece Sarah. Couple exceptions I see from the motivational triad.
1. Sociopathy and psychopathy. One side of the triangle (emotion) is non-existent.
2. Courage under fire. Training can help people (soldiers and first responders) bypass the emotion and go directly from thought to action.
Again I see parallels to addiction recovery. Many newly sobers in AA are told “first thought-wrong.” And: “actions matter more than thoughts or emotions. Start with action; doing the next right thing that you’re told. Don’t question it. Don’t fear it. Just do it.”
The motivational triad is so useful for self-understanding and self-regulating.
And love the way that evolutionary perspective helps to destigmatize/unpathologize our mental health reactions.
You're doing important work here and doing it well.