Entre o medo e o recomeço: o caminho da reconstrução emocional

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis, entitled “Between Fear and a New Beginning: The Path to Emotional Reconstruction,” aims to highlight how the emotion of fear and processes of psychological distress impact individuals’ lives, investigating how they may lead to disruptions while, at the same time, serving as a means of emotional reconstruction, strengthening emotional health, and promoting holistic human development. This study adopts a qualitative, analytical-critical approach grounded in bibliographic research. It discusses emotions, with particular emphasis on fear, considering its biological, psychological, and social dimensions, and analyzes its manifestation in everyday relationships, especially in the workplace, where factors such as power relations, excessive demands, rivalry, psychological harassment, and insecurity may intensify emotional distress and compromise mental health. The study then presents emotional education as a means of reconstructing everyday practices and interpersonal relationships, highlighting the development of selfknowledge, emotional awareness, and empathy as pathways to reframing experiences of fear and suffering. The discussion is based on authors who address emotions, psychological distress, workplace relations, and emotional education, including Juan Casassus, António Damásio, Lev Vygotsky, Fernando Nogueira Dias, Zygmunt Bauman, Christophe Dejours, Rodrigues and Backes, among others. It is concluded that understanding emotions, combined with emotional education, fosters processes of reconstruction and the strengthening of mental health, promotes healthier and more positive relationships, and contributes to sociocognitive-emotional development and well-being.