They may also drive people to the brink of despair, even to suicide. Every feeling has a Being , Belonging , and Doing component, and it is useful to give these parts names. Here are some examples for some of our most basic emotional states. States of Emotional Being, Belonging, and Doing Joy Blissful, Loving, Engrossed Joy is a positive emotional state ranging in intensity from mild happiness and contentment to extreme ecstasy and euphoria. It is a temporary state like all emotions.
Nobody is continuously joyful.
The function of joy is to signal to people that whatever they are doing is very good and should be continued now or repeated later. The Being part of joy is bliss. Bliss happens when someone is joyfully involved in present experience and free from anxiety, guilt, obligation, judgment, doubt, obsession, and distraction. Bliss is a state of inner contentment that validates the self. Several words help describe the Belonging state of joy.