Much has been written on the impact of the Corona virus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation. While things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it is surprisingly rare for a person to experience purely negative emotions. More commonly, people are instead experiencing mixed emotions, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
So, what are mixed emotions? Psychologists have traditionally viewed emotions, as falling along a single dimension, ranging from positive (such as happy or excited) to negative (such as sad or anxious). This implies at any given moment that we feel “good” or “bad”, but not both. Positive and negative emotions have even been
