What is the most destructive emotion to have?

@HalfCactus: True. I guess they all start out as internal actions in the mind and physiologically, and then may or may not lead to actual external actions. But I guess thoughts themselves are actions of a sort too, and if you get lost in your thoughts as melancholy and worry are inclined to do, it can be pretty debilitating. Which is why I kind of chose them as the most destructive, self-destructive, I guess. Sorry for the blather of words... I tend to overthink things.

@Fallacious: It makes perfect sense from that perspective. I enjoyed reading it nonetheless, so I'm glad you overthought this. I've experienced quite a bit of both, so I can definitely see why you would choose them

@HalfCactus: Thank you. 🙂

One could argue it leads to the beneficial ones as well. Romance can come about from a fear of missed opportunity. Perseverance can come from a fear of failure. Love and care can come from a fear of loss. I mean fear is our most primal of emotions. It's possible that it motivates everything.

That's an interesting way of looking at it. It's easy to look at fear as only a negative emotion.

Egomania

people lie ,steal ,cheat .kill . destroy lives ,all in the name of love. love wreaks havoc far beyond the individual