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Emotions are our genes way of getting us to fulfill our genes goals. Every emotion we have is there for one of two reasons. 1. To help us survive long enough to find a suitable mate. 2. To help us select a suitable mate and replecate our genes. They are evolution's gift to us. To be honest, I have yet to see a definition of "emotion" that wasn't either circular or so vague and ambiguous as to be completely useless in any scientific sense. So I wouldn't attempt to determine where they come from, since I don't even know what they are in this context. (I'm such a party pooper!  )
From a third person perspective emotions are easily defined. _____ This is a very interesting topic, the latest edition of Free Inquiry there is a bunch of independent articles around the topic of designer moods and how we manage our emotions in all kinds of social settings. One sub article goes on to relate how stewardesses, stressful phone jobs ect can have a deep impact on the mental well fair of a person based on how they develop there emotional control strategies. Some try to internalize the happy persona they have to put on as a front, and this causes early burnout due to the needed energy investment both physically and mentally. Some people try to just put on an act and mentally allow themselves to be cold, indifferent, or even imagine being rude back ect, they tend to become detached from the job. Drats a call . . I will have to continue later . . (atwork) 
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Topic:
"For Apartment Dwellers"
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Thanks for understanding! I've got one below me, little boys that just got their first place and they're up till like 4 a.m. playing some Xbox game and
 I don't want to start, I won't be able to stop!
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Topic:
"For Apartment Dwellers"
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These people are making me mad:
always bumping,crashing,smashing and they do it EVERY day anytime,everyday.... I listen to the radio and I clean my "house" when I lay, I lose as soon as I move, they're at bay always bumping,crashing I tell them I'm interested in lots of things interested in all their things I tell them just what I'm like, I'm just like them! they don't care, they're on the move always bumping Today I asked them to stop and today is when they said they'd forgot today I sat and smiled over my discomplishment today they still didn't listen today is the day they don't care always I've asked them nicely, so now I can snap I'll show them how to be quiet show them how much I don't care how much I don't really want to listen I climbed the stairs and broke down the door Now I'm the one making the noise! Downstairs, nobody could hear the hours of torture Nobody downstairs cared anymore Nobody downsatiars didn't want to listen anymore No more bumping, crashing, smashing! |
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Topic:
Me thoughts!!!!!!!
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My thoughts spill over my mind races at times my word choice's might suck spelling, well good luck my word---Thesaurus is on the brink Dictonary---thought that was a game! We write from our thoughts some from the heart others spill, thier wondering thoughts (me include'd) I read the hearts of wondering souls comment on those that touch my core I simply come here to enjoy Coffee & Tea, some scones.. maybe two I come here to see the moon.. My rant is over my rant is mine lets just give our home some peace of mind spill your guts,, sell a story or two most of all constuct the critisizm take what you can are we not here to lend a hand perfect were not perfection out the door construct my mind like sand in the box mix & match push & shove Recess, Time out out of mind spilling thoughts of a different kind so play nice with the neighbors and have a scone on me 
I hear what what you're saying, do you prefer blueberry or creamcheese? I've got both and I like to share! 
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They are a result of chemical interactions in the brain which are autonomous responses to sense perception. While we can alter how we mentally process those reactions - by altering how we frame experience - and with practice this does physically affect the chemical reactions and the areas of the brain being used, we really have no say in the instantiation of those reactions. Emotion is purely physiological in existence, yet we can - because we are self-aware - affect them. |
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 Emotions come from your wallet, let me explain. You are feeling ok and not happy or sad or anything... then you go out to get a new HDTV... You are in love with the TV, then the guy asks you to pay for it, now you have doubt, next you actually pay for it, now you have guilt... then you get home and show it to the wife, now you have fear, then you hook it up, and turn it on.. now you have Joy... there they are, all cuz you opened your wallet!
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Topic:
"shooting stars...."
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Thanks everyone!
 I thought it was a little too dark to post, but I guess I was wrong!
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Someday.. (a dream)
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Someday I will find the one, The one that will be my soulmate, The one that will let me love them, The one that will let me cuddle, The one that will not be afraid, The one that will always have a ready smile, The one that will come to me when sad, The one that will want my touch, The one that will need my kiss, The one that will cheer me up, The one that will wake me up, The one that will become a part of me. Someday..... I'm reminded of a song by The Smiths..."How Soon Is Now?" |
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Topic:
"shooting stars...."
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And I'm all those shooting stars,
raining down from the sky, exploding into all your scars.... I'll sunder the sky as I pass, I've come to do it all, what a gas! I could tell you why, even 'till it makes them cry, but I've just begun to arrive, so say any piteous last goodbyes.... Still, I only show up once a year, stay for only a few days, and envy any everything till I just can't stay flooding them all with damage, Just wait, it'll pass, vainly clinging to that old adedge, the skys burn for days.... and many more find they can't stay they're milling around, smiles upside down, falling, choking, convulsing in the dust scatching at the burns, scraping in nails with such lust (So is it supposed to make the stomach turn?) The others try to rebuild, hoping to overcome the decay.... A land that's been deeply scarred, with inhabitants deeply scared, And I'll be back! just wait till next year, and the one after...after...after... You should feel like prisoners, you'll never leave, till you die.... ....and I'll be back the year after that and the year.... |
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To be honest, I have yet to see a definition of "emotion" that wasn't either circular or so vague and ambiguous as to be completely useless in any scientific sense. So I wouldn't attempt to determine where they come from, since I don't even know what they are in this context. (I'm such a party pooper! )
I still want to know "exactly" what they are and where they come form, the party is still ON!
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Awwww...this ones nice!
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Topic:
Passer by love
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People come into my life, And then they make me smile, The laugh and giggle with delight, And keep me for a while. The talk as if they have no fear, and then they pass on love, They say goodbye without a tear, And I am crying and give up. Then the day comes along, I meet someone new, My life's a song. I say hello how do you do. but I know it will be the same, They laugh and smile, It's all a game. I'll be crying again in a while.
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So after the impulses reach the cortex,then...? Do these impulses signal glands to release hormones or some other chemical that has the end result of "happy", "sad" and so forth. I ask because I have little background in Biology and Anatomy, but there are fascinating subjects. Lastly, by your qoute, are you saying that only warm-blooded creatures possess the trait of "emotion"? You might find the work of Candace B. Pert interesting "Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel", Candace B. Pert, PH.D. ISBN 0-684-83187-2 Thanks, artgurl! I'll definetly check it out and let you know my thoughts. |
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Emotions are our genes way of getting us to fulfill our genes goals. Every emotion we have is there for one of two reasons. 1. To help us survive long enough to find a suitable mate. 2. To help us select a suitable mate and replecate our genes. They are evolution's gift to us. But I see the point you're are making, it might just all boil down to that.
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Inherant.......love. Instinct.......caution. Input.......happy, sad, angry. Experience.......'triggers'. |
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Topic:
"My Friend Val"
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It is interesting to me how we often read a piece differently depending on what is going on in our world. Someone close to me is haunted by demons in the form of schizophrenia ... a young man ... still a teen with his whole life ahead of him ... but he is lost and at the moment, unreachable, as he is not responding to medication yet... This reminded me of him ... and how helpless I feel ...
I'm sorry to hear about the young man you mentioned. I offer you my hope that he does get better and I thank you for sharing this very personnal information.
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Topic:
"My Friend Val"
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Thanks mirror and kcoo3!
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Topic:
"My Friend Val"
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What to scream,
when you live with demons? What's there to dream, when they know all your little feelins? Do you wanna fight back, launch a secret and tear filled attack? How could you even hope, though, since they can see every place light goes? Yes, now you can ball those fists, now you'll be fed all those opportunities you maybe,mighta,coulda,shoulda missed... So, what do I scream? Do I tell you about how it's all lost inside me? Yeah, well, you know it aint right, I can't even remember our last dreams Oh, I wanna fight, I wanna see that ray shine on down But it never does, it never did, since those demons became preoccupied with all your frowns And I can't help that I didn't lie there, I can't help that I couldn't just sit here But I can't scream, I can't find a way out of your darkened door I want to dream, I wanted our dream But I'm coming apart, the stitches hold no more I can't be what they want to see, I can't let a demon change all I found in me Yeah, I'm sure you know, I won't make a difference As you've tried oh so hard since Never could I restore that sh*tty balance |
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Feeling, I
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Feeling I I think when I see your heart I am allowed to cry. The strength that I have had to hold can be buried deep inside. It is then that I feel I may Go on to the next step higher I think that when I see your eyes, I realize a friend's inspire. Raine Les 8/11/2009  I have a haiku inspired by this:
Heavy Load heavy load, feelings Oh, to drop them to the ground! I give my hand,Rise! |
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Hello Abra! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, you always have other avenues that lead to the heart of a question.
To be honest, I think I've never seperated "feelings" & "emotions", I always thought they were the same thing. But I see you point in the scenario of talking to someone and getting a "feeling" for them that can lead to other emotions. I can say while talking to someone: "I get the feeling that you're not interested in what I'm saying.". This revelation can in turn, depending on the person, lead to emotions such as disappointment, sadness or anger. Maybe feelings are part of a process that leads to more intense emotion, such as a logic event tree with "and" "or" gates. Like to arrive at a "happy" emotion, either this or that event must happen and so forth. One other thought I have: you made the mention that we can influence others with our emotions and I have seen and made this happen. It's easy to "infect" someone with happy or sad emotions. Is the mechanism by which this happens merely other people "relating" to how we a feeling or is it a manifestation of our emotions, something tangible but unseen that colors anothers moods? The latter part is probably a little out there, but I'd be interested to hear thoughts on this. |
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