Primary Emotions
The body's first response that alerts you about your needs: comes on strongly, and does not last very long; eg., Feeling sad when someone breaks your trust. Primary emotions include anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, anticipation, trust and joy.
Secondary Emotions
Reactions to our primary emotions: involves emotions that can be hard to understand, can last for much longer than primary emotions: eg., Feeling shame about being sad. These are learned emotions that we pick up in childhood from the people around us, like guilt, shame, confusion, resentment, frustration, and remorse.