INTRODUCTION
Human thoughts can be imagined as a
spectrum. On the one side of the spectrum
are organized thoughts in healthy
individuals and on the other side is severe
thought disorder characteristic for
schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders. Between two opposite sides of
human thoughts spectrum are milder
impairments of thought quality that may
sometimes occur even in healthy
individuals, and more often in neurotic
individuals.
Negative emotions have their function, but
these emotions should be always balanced
with positive emotions. Five main
categories of negative emotions are
sadness (depression, despair,
hopelessness), anxiety (fear, worry,
concern, nervous, panic), anger (irritation,
frustration, annoyance, rage), guilt and
shame/embarrassment (1). Negative
emotions give birth to negative thoughts.
The same, positive emotions give birth to
positive thoughts. Negative situation (for
example, dangerous situation) provokes
negative emotion (for example, healthy
anxiety) and negative thought (˝I have to
escape from this dangerous situation. I am
so afraid˝). After the negative situation is
terminated, there should be a positive
emotion (for example, gratitude that the
dangerous situation is over) and a positive
thought (˝I am so grateful for not being in
danger anymore˝).
When there is no positive emotion following the negative one, the new negative emotion goes after and, thus, making the knot of negative emotions that result with knots of negative thoughts. These negative knots will deform healthy anxiety into the pathological anxiety, healthy sadness into the depression, healthy anger into the pathological rage, healthy guilt into the pathological shame. People that score high on neuroticism are susceptible for creating negative knots. People who suffered psychological, emotional and/or physical injury and trauma are also prone for having these knots. Every trauma is a possible negative knot around which many negative 2 emotions and thoughts are accumulated in a cluster of knots. These knots usually disable traumatized patients to recover from the trauma. Negative emotions and thoughts seem to have a tendency to accumulate more than the positive ones. That is why it is so important to try hard and find the positive emotion and thought to create a balance. The balance between positive and negative thoughts helps a person to achieve healthy emotional and cognitive life.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327603374_The_Knot_Theory_of_Mind
When there is no positive emotion following the negative one, the new negative emotion goes after and, thus, making the knot of negative emotions that result with knots of negative thoughts. These negative knots will deform healthy anxiety into the pathological anxiety, healthy sadness into the depression, healthy anger into the pathological rage, healthy guilt into the pathological shame. People that score high on neuroticism are susceptible for creating negative knots. People who suffered psychological, emotional and/or physical injury and trauma are also prone for having these knots. Every trauma is a possible negative knot around which many negative 2 emotions and thoughts are accumulated in a cluster of knots. These knots usually disable traumatized patients to recover from the trauma. Negative emotions and thoughts seem to have a tendency to accumulate more than the positive ones. That is why it is so important to try hard and find the positive emotion and thought to create a balance. The balance between positive and negative thoughts helps a person to achieve healthy emotional and cognitive life.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327603374_The_Knot_Theory_of_Mind
