<p>The Atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour (Mobbs, 2020) is able to visualise emotions in two dimensions: affiliation and dominance.  Fear is considered submissive and disaffiliative.  Desire is more dominant and intrapersonal, that is, in itself neither affiliative or disaffiliative.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TWudy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TWudy.png" alt="Emotions Fear and Desire" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Reference</strong></p>
<p>Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877</a></p>
<p><strong>Declared interest</strong></p>
<p>I am the author of the atlas paper.</p>

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The graph is really interesting, but as someone not super familiar with these concepts it's difficult to really understand how they relate just from the graph and short description.

Could you expand a little more on the relationship between fear and desire as you understand it and in relationship to the original poster's questin?
Joel Glovier
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2020-06-26T16:09:36.370Z
2020-06-26T16:09:36.370Z
Tony Mobbs
<p>Are fear and desire located on the opposite sides of a spectrum or are they more like filters/lenses through which one can look simultaneously?</p>

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What is the relationship between fear and desire?
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# What is the relationship between fear and desire?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-25)

Are fear and desire located on the opposite sides of a spectrum or are they more like filters/lenses through which one can look simultaneously?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-26. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The Atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour (Mobbs, 2020) is able to visualise emotions in two dimensions: affiliation and dominance. Fear is considered submissive and disaffiliative. Desire is more dominant and intrapersonal, that is, in itself neither affiliative or disaffiliative.

[![Emotions Fear and Desire](https://i.sstatic.net/TWudy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TWudy.png)

**Reference**

Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877>

**Declared interest**

I am the author of the atlas paper.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The graph is really interesting, but as someone not super familiar with these concepts it's difficult to really understand how they relate just from the graph and short description.  Could you expand a little more on the relationship between fear and desire as you understand it and in relationship to the original poster's questin?  

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