Using the schemas of force dynamics to examine how the emotions are conceptualized in natural language, this essay conducts detailed analysis of the relationship between the metaphors of cause as force, and force (qua opponent) as a source domain of emotions. The author's main thesis is that the emotions provide the best representation of force dynamics in the space of conceptualization, for the metaphors relative to them always display a tendency towards inaction, which corresponds to the rational self (Agonist), and an entity exerting force (Antagonist), which is the cause of emotions.