I lost a relative recently and I’ve been struggling with the grieving aspect. I haven’t cried or gotten visceral anger. I’m mostly just generally unpleasant right now. Impatient, easily annoyed and lack energy. Part of it is the cognitive dissonance associated. The individual was complicated, more good in the world overall, but, undeniably a lot of bad too.
Labeling it as a “negative emotion” does not prevent any of those things. I really don’t understand the argument you are trying to make. It’s a perfectly reasonable description.