Tuesday, June 1, 2010

10 Facts about Emotions

10 Facts about Emotions

1.    Emotions themselves are not real!
2.    Emotions are a result of a belief system that judges experiences.
3.    Emotions are labels that people use as a way to define and communicate feelings that go on within the body and mind in order that they may be understood.
4.    Expression of emotions are the result of a belief system
5.    All human beings have emotions
6.    Human beings tend to be governed by their emotions
7.    Emotions are not just for women
8.    Emotions tend to create unconscious behaviors
9.    Emotions do not make you weak
10.  Emotions are misunderstood 


 The expressions of emotions are the result of a belief system that has become habitual in the display in which a person believes they must/should act based upon experiences that bring about feelings inside of them. These expressions then become “normal” and often become automatic.

Quite often people mistake expressive behaviors as an emotion. Emotions are the cause and the root of expressive behaviors. Expressive behaviors of particular emotions may appear to be common but are not normal.
Emotions are what drive the expressions of the emotions. The expression of emotions does not make a person emotional!
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2 comments:

  1. I understand a lot of this, but I can't get my head around how emotions differ from feelings? I hope you can elaborate in future posts. I came back to this post several times -- thanks for sharing such thought-provoking info.
    Michael

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  2. is it simpler if you think feelings=kinesthetic/physical cause and emotions= non physical cause?

    you are welcome!

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