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Originally Posted by Profpat  Hi Tina and all,
Yes they would find a friendly Profpat, however I'm not thrilled when they sniff my genitals and then blow their nose.
I've been thinking about the six emotions you introduced to the forum.
I was trying to incorporate them in my Venn diagram Idea, with love being in the white center and hate being the black emptiness, but I am having problems in that they don't appear to be complementary.
Happiness and maybe surprise being the only positive ones, the others appear to be negative.
Could you solve this for me please.
Best,
Pat |
Dogs runny nose = allergic reaction to your nether-regions!
These six emotions are recognised in Psychology - just developed my own ideas on them.
Now Prof - I told you before - love is an intellectual response that informs and tempers - emotional responses.
Take Anger - something has triggered an angry response in you eg: a dog sneezes on you. Now assume your initial inclination is "damned dog and you want to scream at the "stupid" animal! Now the angry response is generated so too late about that your heart is pounding and it is hard to overcome the physical intensity - but intellectual response than can temper it by realising the dog meant not wrong " Oh the dog couldn't help sneezing - it was an accident - or he did it on purpose cause he's mad at me, but that is OK -I'll see if I can make it up to doggy". Multiple responses are possible. But with idea of love in your heart prior to dog sneezing episode - guards emotional against likelihood of overreacting - we see this in "loving" people like myself!
Please take my advice and not include love as emotion - see it as an intellectual mindset which filters through and determines type of emotional responses. Same with hate - these are fundamental attitudes, not instinctive emotions but expressed through emotions.
If you must do charts - do one that places differant feelings into
one of the 6 emotions classes. eg Where would you put sulking/crying/frustration/curiosity/boerdom.
Yes happiness SEEMS to be the only positive emotion - that's probably why it eludes us so easily...But I'll discuss that next forum.