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ute and cuddly? Bad idea. Don’t do it. Really, don’t even think about it.</p><p id="ea83">We are all programmed, hardwired to react first and think later. The bear will not hesitate to attack or kill you to defend her young. So will humans, to protect their young, in certain critical situations.</p><p id="59c2"><b>Other emotions like exhilaration, terror, and despair are all based on different external stimuli.</b>)</p><p id="c522">1) Exhilaration is an emotion that produces a wild, happy, heady exuberant feeling. Children experience it in joyful play and imagination.</p><p id="2c8e">More mature individuals channel their exhilaration into socially acceptable feelings and no matter our age, our body is flooded with endorphins.</p><p id="ac2b">As adults, we feel so good that we often express ourselves in reciprocal emotional reactions.</p><p id="b108">We can fall madly in love, we can dance all night, and we can exult in all the good feelings that being in the presence of a loved one, a significant other, can stimulate.</p><p id="19a6">Reciprocated love is one of the headiest, most satisfying feelings that we can enjoy as human beings.</p><p id="f911">Our feelings filter and process the raw emotion of exhilaration into these socially acceptable demonstrations of mutual attraction.</p><p id="a5a3">2) Terror will evoke a fight or flight reaction in every case. The rush of adrenaline into our systems will give us the extra energy we will need for either reaction.</p><p id="0b74">Being suddenly confronted with an external threat is the most common problem to deal with in an emotional crisis like terror.</p><p id="cb87">There is no way to ignore it, we must deal with it throug

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h the filter of our feelings. If we are young and strong, we may choose to fight.</p><p id="49e3">If we are older and weaker, we may attempt to flee, avoid the situation, and put distance between us and the source of whatever terror we face.</p><p id="ff60">3) Despair is an overwhelming, crushing emotion that robs us of all hope, that leaves us feeling there is no way out. We may descend into the depths of alcoholism or drugs to numb our pain.</p><p id="5a27">We may become indifferent to anybody else’s problems than our own.</p><p id="8895">This is not a good way to deal with despair, but it is an overwhelming emotion that supersedes and overrides all of our usual coping mechanisms. Nobody loves you when you are down and out.</p><p id="34a7">People are complex and simple at the same time. We all must learn to deal with, to harness, and control our emotions or they will control us.</p><p id="2ef9">Our most basic emotions are programmed into our bodies as a self-defense mechanism from our more primitive fears from long-gone years that are so deeply ingrained in all of us that they will never go away.</p><p id="2ad8">But we can learn to process our feelings to harness and promote our greater emotions, like love and joy, to manifest themselves.</p><p id="b084">We need to look for the good side of every situation, make the best of every confrontation or interaction, and channel our sometimes raw emotions into more evolved feelings of hope and joy.</p><p id="b0d4">Live one day at a time, and try to avoid stressful situations. Stop and think before you react.</p><p id="c15a"><i>Joy is the end game. We all deserve joy in our lives. We are all connected…</i></p></article></body>

Emotions are Raw and Primitive

Feelings are how we sort everything out-Seek out the joy

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Emotions are very raw and primeval. They are visceral reactions that are hardwired into our human consciousness, and interwoven into us on a subconscious level. They spring from the darkness of our animal origins and can be used for both good and evil.

Almost all of our instinctive reactions to certain stimuli are universal constants in every culture and society.

Feelings are the way we process our emotions. Sometimes we can blunt or modify our reactions, which is a good thing. Trying to live on pure emotion is nearly impossible because our feelings can be so overwhelming.

Most emotions are based on external stimuli, like terror, despair, or exhilaration. Our feelings are mostly a reaction to these external actions.

If somebody attacks someone we love, especially our children, we have a fierce and immediate reaction to protect them.

It is an emotional response that is super powerful. We will respond with any and every degree of force that we possess. Maternal instincts run deep in both humans and animals.

Do you really want to enter a bear’s lair and steal one of her cubs because they are so cute and cuddly? Bad idea. Don’t do it. Really, don’t even think about it.

We are all programmed, hardwired to react first and think later. The bear will not hesitate to attack or kill you to defend her young. So will humans, to protect their young, in certain critical situations.

Other emotions like exhilaration, terror, and despair are all based on different external stimuli.)

1) Exhilaration is an emotion that produces a wild, happy, heady exuberant feeling. Children experience it in joyful play and imagination.

More mature individuals channel their exhilaration into socially acceptable feelings and no matter our age, our body is flooded with endorphins.

As adults, we feel so good that we often express ourselves in reciprocal emotional reactions.

We can fall madly in love, we can dance all night, and we can exult in all the good feelings that being in the presence of a loved one, a significant other, can stimulate.

Reciprocated love is one of the headiest, most satisfying feelings that we can enjoy as human beings.

Our feelings filter and process the raw emotion of exhilaration into these socially acceptable demonstrations of mutual attraction.

2) Terror will evoke a fight or flight reaction in every case. The rush of adrenaline into our systems will give us the extra energy we will need for either reaction.

Being suddenly confronted with an external threat is the most common problem to deal with in an emotional crisis like terror.

There is no way to ignore it, we must deal with it through the filter of our feelings. If we are young and strong, we may choose to fight.

If we are older and weaker, we may attempt to flee, avoid the situation, and put distance between us and the source of whatever terror we face.

3) Despair is an overwhelming, crushing emotion that robs us of all hope, that leaves us feeling there is no way out. We may descend into the depths of alcoholism or drugs to numb our pain.

We may become indifferent to anybody else’s problems than our own.

This is not a good way to deal with despair, but it is an overwhelming emotion that supersedes and overrides all of our usual coping mechanisms. Nobody loves you when you are down and out.

People are complex and simple at the same time. We all must learn to deal with, to harness, and control our emotions or they will control us.

Our most basic emotions are programmed into our bodies as a self-defense mechanism from our more primitive fears from long-gone years that are so deeply ingrained in all of us that they will never go away.

But we can learn to process our feelings to harness and promote our greater emotions, like love and joy, to manifest themselves.

We need to look for the good side of every situation, make the best of every confrontation or interaction, and channel our sometimes raw emotions into more evolved feelings of hope and joy.

Live one day at a time, and try to avoid stressful situations. Stop and think before you react.

Joy is the end game. We all deserve joy in our lives. We are all connected…

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