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Aren't emotions just thoughts with a linked physical sensation? Why is it so fascinating?
by CTDOCodebases 4y ago
Aren't emotions just thoughts with a linked physical sensation?
Why is it so fascinating?
- imwillofficial 4y agoJust?
- CTDOCodebases 4y agoI didn’t mean to downplay the intensity and effect of emotion. I found it strange that others don’t acknowledge emotions for what they are at a basic level and instead talk about them like they are some supernatural perception.
- t-3 4y agoWhat? Emotion doesn't have physical sensation, unless you mean "heart pumping strongly when afraid".
- drdeca 4y agoDon’t people with facial paralysis say that their feelings of emotions are, not functioning at full capacity, due to inability to express them outwardly? Or, something like that?
- CTDOCodebases 4y agoI have heard something similar. People get together to fake laugh and end up happy at the end of the session.
- WaxedChewbacca 4y ago
- Evan_Hellmuth 4y agoMost people experience emotional body sensations - “butterflies in my stomach,” “a weight on my chest,” “steam coming out of my ears” etc.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoReally curious to learn how you perceive emotions. Maybe I'm reading into this too much, but this feels like the start of discussing an aphantasia analog.
- t-3 4y agoWell, I don't visualize at all, so you could be on to something.
- t-3 4y agoTo attempt to answer your question, I don't know how to describe it. Until now, I would have attempted to use the language of "physical metaphor" that I had heard and read, but if those aren't metaphors... I have no idea how to describe something that is to me, by definition, indescribable. I can only really describe the effects I suppose, that being angry makes me desire violence, being sad or afraid makes me want to hide, etc.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoThank you for taking the time to share. I really enjoy learning how other people experience the world. There are so many times when I've made an assumption based on my own life and was greeted with a surprise when I came to learn something new.
- t-3 4y ago@WaxedChewbacca re:meditation, if your advertisement for meditation is that it will make me feel physical pain when I experience emotions, then that's a great motivation to never ever try to meditate ever. It's also almost completely the opposite of anything I've ever read about meditation. Isn't the whole point to disconnect from emotion and suffering?
- CTDOCodebases 4y agoIf you are practicing mindfulness meditation the whole point is just to observe.