Human value development · Plane 2 of 9
Emotion: your energy level and your mood, crossed
Plane 2 crosses how much energy you have available (high or low) with which way your mood leans (positive or negative).
What
Plane 2 measures your available energy level (high or low) and which way your mood leans (positive or negative). It's not a diagnosis or a fixed label — it's a map of a state that shifts, almost always with a real reason behind it.
Why
These states almost never show up without a reason — they usually have a real origin, often from early stages where certain emotions had no room to be expressed freely.
What for
Recognizing which specific emotion is behind your low mood or bad temper — instead of just noticing the general symptom — is what lets you address it precisely, instead of trying to "feel better" without really knowing what you're feeling.
Horizontal axis — Low Energy ↔ High Energy
Specific emotions of the Low Energy pole:
Specific emotions of the High Energy pole:
Vertical axis — Bad Mood ↔ Good Mood
Specific emotions of the Bad Mood pole:
Specific emotions of the Good Mood pole:
Every emotion has an origin and a concrete way to work through it. You can explore it in depth inside Mentefy. It is $150 MXN per month, VAT included. You create your account first; payment is the next step.
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A one-time crisis (a bad day) resolves and returns to baseline. Sustained scarcity — of rest, time, margin — doesn't. It becomes a self-feeding cycle, and precisely recognizing which specific emotion is behind it is the first step to stop repeating it without realizing it.
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