Emotions Series Recap
Emotions live in the body and affect the human being in more ways than just “feelings,” or things that we feel subjectively instead of things that we can measure.
Emotions are tied in with our survival system. They are part of how we process the world around us. The survival system of humans lives in the nervous system, just like the five senses.
As with everything in life, there are certain emotions that we like, and certain emotions that we don’t like.
A lot of people group them into good or bad emotions - often based on how disruptive they are to our normal functioning or how it easy or difficult it is to deal with them.
For example, being sad is always more difficult than being happy.
But dynamics like that create a lie… a lie that we are ‘bad’ or ‘good’ people for feeling certain emotions.
(Note: I’m talking about emotions, not the actions that the emotions may cause.)
Just being sad is not a ‘bad’ thing. In fact, if we don’t deal with the emotions that we end up having, it causes more emotions, stress and that leads to more problems.
And we’ll cover that next week.
If you want a recap of the original November 2024 Emotions series:Share Chronic Writer by VintageInkSlinger
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