Emotion Clusters

Most emotions, based on subjective experiences, tend to form “clusters” according to the intensity of what we feel. For example: apprehension – fear – terror, or joy – happiness – euphoria. The way these clusters form and in what sequence is quite individual. Whether you perceive your emotions as part of a “cluster” or as separate experiences is a matter of convenience and personal choice.

How to Build an Emotion Cluster

The first way to build a cluster is by the intensity of the emotion. Take an emotion, for example, sadness. Identify how sadness manifests on a meta-kinesthetic level, such as a pressure in the chest. Determine the critical submodality of the emotion’s intensity, for instance, the strength of the pressure on your chest. Then, rate it on a scale from 0 to 10 and see which emotions correspond to each level:

• Disappointment – 1-3 points
• Regret – 4-5 points
• Sadness – 6-7 points
• Grief – above 8 points

This gives you your own “loss” cluster.

Comparing Emotion Clusters

If you want to compare these clusters with each other, you can take a different approach. Emotions at the level of experience can be described using two main characteristics:

• Energy – the level of emotional arousal, or adrenaline
• Valence – the degree of pleasantness or unpleasantness of the experience

You can identify critical kinesthetic submodalities for both energy and valence. For example: the larger the sensation, the higher the energy; the stronger the compression, the more unpleasant it feels; the more expansive the sensation, the more pleasant it is. Based on these assessments, you can draw a map: adrenaline from 0 to 20, and valence from -10 to +10, just to keep the scale consistent. Clusters on this map will look like “vectors.”

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