emotionsuch
Emotionsuch is a neologism used to describe the intentional pursuit of specific emotional states through experiences, media, or social interactions. The term suggests a motive to obtain particular affective experiences rather than reacting passively to stimuli. It is not a formal clinical diagnosis or widely standardized concept, but it appears in discussions within consumer psychology, media studies, and psychotherapy narratives as a way to describe why people seek certain kinds of emotional content.
In practice, emotionsuch refers to the motive to acquire a desired mood, such as joy, excitement, awe,
Distinctions: emotionsuch overlaps with related constructs like sensation seeking and affect regulation, but emphasizes the deliberate
Research and method: scholars study motivations behind emotionsuch through surveys, experience sampling, and neuroimaging. These approaches
Criticism and outlook: some scholars argue for clearer definition and boundaries to avoid conflating emotionsuch with