What moves a person from a sleep state to an activation state? In this book, the psychologist Manuel Villegas analyzes emotions as an immediate reaction to a stimulus that involves a significant burden on our well-being, both in the positive and negative aspects.

By their nature, emotions are often associated with a number of myths, including that of their uncontrollable strength. Belief in these myths hinders any attempt at emotional management or regulation, that is, to be able to manage the course of emotions once activation has occurred.

In The Emotional Mind, Manuel Villegas presents the study of basic emotions and the complex family of feelings derived from them, in order to obtain a greater knowledge of their nature and a better mastery of their management both in the personal and relational sphere and in their educational and therapeutic applications.