What is the science behind feeling emotion?
I think the answer will lie in the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and possibly in AI. I don't think any of these fields can answer this question yet but they are working on it.Something that may interest you in this area is that the human brain has three main sections to it. Nicknamed the lizard brain, the mammal brain, and the human brain. (I don't remember their formal names.)The lizard brain deals with the four F's, feeding, fighting, fleeing, and . . . reproducing :)the mammal brain deals with emotion. Once we understand this part of the brain your question can be answered.the human brain. this is the neo-cortex that gives us all our abilities aside from the ones pre-defined. It can be thought of as the logical or thinking brain but that is of course quite simplistic.I hope some of this interests you.
Why do I find myself get so emotional over the "smallest" things?
Well, if it happens to you, which means you are a very emotional person and relate things with yourself. You put yourself in that position or in their shoes and that’s how you get emotional. You must have gone through those stages and feels the pain in being such kind of situations. It is very hard or I would say impossible to come out of that kind of nature. The best way is to help others, it may people, animal or any kind of species and when you do that, it let you forget their pain and makes you feel better.
Can you hide your emotions behind your smile ?
Oh yes, I wouldn't want anyone else to think they had beaten me
If a girl says "hey you" what is her emotions behind it?
When you write to someone you could say "hey sexy/man/dude/their name/cutie/dude etc etc Each one could sorta mean something different. What does it mean when a girl says "hey you" to a guy. Especially if she thinks she likes him & he called her sexy or beautiful.
Logic vs. Emotions......?
Of all the species that have lived on this planet, 99% are now mere petroleum or coal. May be we would be too. But so far human evolution is a great success story. At the beginning of our journey we had emotions just like other animals and plants. We didn't have a logical answer for those emotions. Once we got hold of logic and rational thinking, we out smarted nature and dominated this earth. Or that is what I think. Which of the two do you think has served human kind the best? If you had to choose, which one should dominate our journey from this point onward? (N.B. I know they are not mutually exclusive. Just that they are in conflict many many times.)
Why do certain things trigger emotions from your past?
I was listening to music and a song that I hadn't heard for a long time came on. When it was new I'd listen to it a lot, 'cause it's a good song. But, during that time I was really depressed. So when it came on just now I felt the same way as I did then. I noticed this also happens when I smell certain things, like a handsoap that was kept in my bathroom also from the time of my depression. I was wondering if anyone has a scientific reason why this happens. I enjoy learning about neuroscience and so this was a pretty interesting question I thought of. I'd also like to know why I feel oddly happy at this emotion. I know it's not because I happen to like the song and the smell. I just feel it's odd that I like the feeling. It's a sad and depressing feeling but I enjoy feeling it. I get fits of depression every once in a while but this felt different even at the time I had been feeling it. Sorry for this being so long, but I'd like to hear your answers and I appreciate your time and effort. ^.^
Is crying a selfish emotion?
Crying is not an emotion. Emotions are mental. Crying is physical. Is crying caused by selfish emotions/attitudes? Sometimes. E.g. a child may become very upset because it dropped it's toy. This sort of selfish crying has lead to a social ban on crying, especially in men. However crying can be caused when you really care deeply about someone and you see them suffer. This is very unselfish. If only everyone was like this to everyone else.
Why am I recently starting to cry on emotional things?
its a good sign and i want to congratulate you for this. because as many people think that crying is a sign of weakness, the fact is that it makes you stronger.let me explain. when you cry, what your brain is doing actually is that it is coping up with the overwhelming emotional state of your mind and making it ready to deal with situations by increasing its executive capacities which is a natural and very essential process for your good mental and psychological health.so avoiding to cry and not feeling the need to cry ever may be, just may be a sign of denial in many cases, which means you are involuntatily ignoring those facts of your life which you dont like or hate or want to change. so crying enables you to break that circle and allows you to defeat denial and finally come face to face and accept the tough or emotionally challenging situations in your life. this is the first step in solving those problems. like a great thinker and writer napolean hill said “to solve a problem, the first and most important step is to accept that it exists”.so your crying on emotional things as you said is a sign that your brain is indirectly releasing the emotions attached to your actual problems through those emotional things you watch and thus eventually you will find a pattern like on watching what exact emotional thing you cry. when you give it some more time, you will understand the true reason behind it and successfully deal with it too.as i said it is a natural process, give it some time. its for your good and nothing is wrong.sometimes we also cry on watching emotional stuff because we appreciate that particular emotion so much that our eyes start to shed to release our mental overwhelming state of appreciation and again that is also not a bad thing and a simple encounter of yourself with your own inner feelings and emotional side. Its not a sign of weakness.
Why do I start crying when something emotional happens?
As humans, we are born to care and look out for each other. We were made to feel for others, and this is how if followed back to our ancestors was how tribes are formed. This has help us in a lot of ways, example;Parents caring for offspringsWorking towards a common goalBe there for each other with humanity.Just like our predecessors, the monkeys, we feel, and we understand compassion for others. This is also the reason why we mimic others when they yawn, laugh, or cry. We also want others to do well as much as us, so it's common to want to help someone who once used to help you out.When something emotional happens, our vagus nerve triggers the different part of our bodies connecting our brain, to the heart and stomach, and its functions is to help breathing, speech, and heartbeat.So when something emotional happens, the vagus nerve triggers and controls everything in your body to react, it's also why your heart beats faster, and cry, or feel like you need to breathe harder or your stomach contracts when you see something emotional.For more info about vagus nerve.http://eiriu-eolas.org/2013/06/1...
What is the process of emotionally letting go of something?
Philip Roth wrote a wonderful book entitled "Letting Go" which actually takes the reader through the process (in a fiction-oriented way). Letting go is essentially the process of dealing with loss: a parent or loved one dying, or the end of a relationship (intimate or otherwise). It could even mean letting go of a job which has ended (by your choice or not). And, as the comments imply, it could mean leaving behind anger.How do you know when you have "let go" of something? When it creates no emotional response. When you can see the person or thing as a memory without the feeling of longing. When the memory of it no longer stops you from doing what you need to do. When you have the ability to act on that memory, but choose not to.So, to the question: how does one let go of something? How can you accept a loss? We distance ourselves from it. We change the relationship we have with the thing that is no longer there. A person has died: we no longer can relate to that person in relationship. If we try to, if we hang on, we continue to have that emotional response and it continues to alter our decisions. To move away, we can distract ourselves and find other things, but we must first find completion with the loss. Think about it, examine it, talk about it until it becomes boring. Until there are no more answers. Until our anger is useless and empty. Or, more rarely, until we understand. I am not good at this. I hang on. I let my anger simmer. I recreate my sorrow. This is not "letting go." But...I recognize this in myself and I, now, can consciously decide to move on. This is temporary, I will return to my anger and sorrow. Until I don't.