Emotions - How Do They Help Us Survive?

Emotions don't fit into need categories or labels, but i'm going to just act as if they did. So fear is a message that encourages us to leave a threatening situation. Anger signals some form of outrage, a transgression. A sadness process is lost its signals that were vulnerable to others. Joy is how we express elation at new tribal bonds. We express joy and happiness when a someone we haven't seen for a while returns. And so all of these have, as you see, vital adaptive purposes. If we are emotionally well regulated, most of the time we'll have blend of negative and positive emotions.