How i process emotions.

In my perception most people over complicate emotions. The way they describe them is quite different than what I would describe, so I will describe what I think and you can give me input on what you think.

I would describe emotions as thoughts that cause a positive or negative mental reaction. For example someone I like could die and I would feel sad or I could find a bag of money and feel happy.

Happiness is a positive reaction that makes me feel satisfied with the situation. I think good things and want to be productive.

Sadness is a negative thought that makes me think pessimistic thoughts and feel lazy and unmotivated. Things do not seem to be going good.

Anger is similar to sadness but more energetic rather than lazy but it often caused by the same negative thoughts.

Fear is awareness that something bad may happen and wishing it would not. For example I don't want to get sick or fall off a cliff.

Love is caring about somebody or something I like and would be willing to go out of my way to protect them. I do not understand the different types of love but I am willing to make personal sacrifices for them if necessary for their protection. For example I would take care of a sick person who I like at my own inconvenience.

Lust is simply sexual attraction.

Hate is an extreme dislike that induces anger.

Apathy is indifference and neutrality.

Confusion is not being sure of what is happening.

Relaxed is feeling content, similar to happiness.

Bored is wanting to do something.

Pride is feeling good about accomplishments.

Paranoid is being suspicious of someone or a situation.

Hyper is being energetic.

Funny is laughing at something humorous. Similar to happy.

Jealousy wanting something someone else has. I'm not sure if I can actually feel this at all.

I also seem to be missing whatever it is that makes some people not do what they want. I am not sure if this is inhibition or shame or something else.

Anyway my question is if my descriptions are consistent with other peoples and if not what is different. Feel free to add anything I may have missed.

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  • pastor_of_muppets

    Happiness is a positive reaction to pizza

    Sadness is a negative reaction due to lack of pizza

    Anger is similar to sadness but it manifests energy toward the sadness of not having pizza

    Fear is awareness that something bad may happen like when there's no pizza places open or your pizza falling down a cliff

    Love is pizza

    Lust is a sexual attraction between mouth and pizza

    Hate is when people don't wanna share pizza

    Apathy is neutral tasting pizza

    Confusion is not being able to finish all the pizza

    Relaxed is feeling content, similar to rubbing your tummy after eating pizza

    Bored is when you eat pizza without the necessary passion

    Pride is making your own pizza

    Paranoid is having a suspicion that someone will steal your pizza

    Hyper is eating too much pizza too fast

    Funny is laughing at the joke your pizza just told

    Jealousy is wanting somebody else's pizza

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  • despuit

    God damn god damn god damn. LETS DO THIS THANG:

    First thing is first I AM THE MOST APATHETIC PERSON YOU'LL EVER KNOW PERIOD. <---- right there.

    I am going to simplify the fuck out this shit because I don't want to think, when I think bad things happen. So let's start from the beginning. What is consciousness, well this is to be an animal. Anima Latin Soul. Consciousness is merely perception and to what scale develops self-awareness and beyond.

    We have two worlds as hetrotrophic and autotrohpic species. The physical world which all of us experience through sense datum. Then we also have the mental world where the size as the physical is not static rather dynamic based on how much input has been received from the senses. Again simple so jumping ahead animals work based of instinct which for us is more impulse based off our subjective nature more then anything else. These are based off biological imperatives. Therefore the completion and or incompletion of obtaining this outputs a negative or positive response. Very basic on their level, for us we now through the collective amount of data absorbed are able to reflect on the physical objects and apply mental objects and apply constants which is revolutionary. However as animals most of the human race uses this ability to go oh my god does she think I look fat in this dress. Or that skank is talking to him when she is ma bitch.

    Any ways I could have just said this in the first place but basically how it works is based the individual subjects understanding of the physical objects (may that be people, or rocks or whatever all the same shit) they output a negative or positive response based on their understanding. If they understand at a high enough level the negative and positive go out the window and a pragmatic neutrality comes into place. But for the simple people (140 or below, 140---close---160----you can see it all if you're willing--200) what ever they do understand will derive happiness or a positive response. Whatever they do not understand breeds frustration or a negative response. So that ho talking to that ass hat in the other room could be derived from insecurity because the male doesn't under a past action in their life time either that female was the trigger like she cheated or he has had loss he hasn't coped with in the past or some traumatic experience. Again this is super simple whatever. Don't care I've written thousands of pages on this subject, and the shit I am into now just hurts my head so this what I give you.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    gimmee my fuckin bag of money back

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  • TrustMeImLying

    Maybe add "restlessness" to your description of hyper? Energetic has a physical-only connotation. Is this for a school assignment or you're just wondering? Cause the descriptions look very straight forward. Nothing "un normal" or eccentric about them at all.

    edit: Also what you have described as jealousy is actually envy.

    edit2: Also lust is not limited to sex. You can lust for blood too.

    edit3: Okay I'm gone

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    • I posted this to receive input on how others describe emotions compared to myself in attempt to better understand people and why they over complicate their thoughts. I am curious what the difference of jealousy and envy is.

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      • Freedom_

        Homer on jealousy and envy:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx1jpqv3RA

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      • TrustMeImLying

        Ah, I see. I think everyone has similar if not the same definition of all those emotions, but that doesn't mean everyone can handle the emotions the same, or whether the intensity of those emotions is the same.

        Jealousy and envy are used interchangeably in the common world but I'm a sucker for semantics, and so they are different. Envy is wanting what you don't have. Jealousy involves a feeling of discontent/fear when someone who you "have" gives love/attention to someone else, it's the threat of losing them to someone else. The difference is sort of subtle. Probably the best way to differ between the two is that jealousy always involves 3 distinct persons or parties.

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        • Im not sure if I have felt either of those. There are things I want, like I am saving up to buy a new car and I would like to play more shows with my band, but I dont know if that is quite envy. I dont get jealousy at all and havent felt threatened by that stuff. If anything i would figure if someone is going to ignore me for someone else i am better off not dealing with it.

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  • howaminotmyself

    Sometimes emotions can be quite simple. But language can only communicate part of how one emotion feels for a person. The things that cause these emotions to come about are different and what creates the complication. It is a bit insulting to over simplify an emotion for another person. You do not always understand the experience from their perspective.

    They are all chemical reactions triggered by external influences. Speaking as a pregnant woman, my emotions are quite wild. Silly things can bring tears of joy and sadness in an instant. Please don't define my emotions from your perspective. Your definitions are reasonable, however you have left out the most important part, the trigger.

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