Most of us are familiar with feeling mixed emotions. For example, the way excitement and fear can co-mingle as you embark on a new challenge. Or the way love and sadness blend when a family member moves away.

A lot of psychology research hasn’t embraced the concept that both a positive and negative emotion can be held at the same time.
But a new study reveals something new about how complex feelings are formed in the brain.
https://theconversation.com/mixed-emotions-neuroscience-is-exploring-how-your-brain-lets-you-experience-two-opposite-feelings-at-once-234994
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