When we share our feelings about things it reflects our abilities with
which to describe those situations.
Your description of emotions would seem to be primative and childish
if i may be so bold to say; although somewhat amusing in a good way.
"An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide
variety of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. It is a prime
determinant of the sense of subjective well-being and appears to play
a central role in many human activities. As a result of this
generality, the subject has been explored in many, if not all of the
human sciences and art forms. There is much controversy concerning how
emotions are defined and classified."
To begin, many researchers distinguish feeling and emotion, where
feeling refers to the subjective experience of the emotion. Some
believe that emotions can occur unconsciously, and hence that emotion
is a more general phenomenon than its subjective feeling. Feelings may
also more narrowly refer to the experience of bodily changes.
A second distinction focuses on the difference between the emotion and
the cause of the emotion. For example do we say that thoughts about a
loved one cause the emotion of love or that these thoughts are part of
the emotion? One way to resolve this issue is to see whether the
emotion can occur independently of these thoughts. Thus, thoughts
about a particular person or situation could not be part of the
emotion of love, since one can experience the same emotion about many
other things. Yet could one experience love without some thought or
other of a loved person or object? If not, then we may stipulate that
thoughts of a loved object are part of the emotion. Some theorists
argue that at least some emotions can be caused without any thoughts
or indeed 'cognitive activity' at all. They point to very immediate
reactions (e.g. LeDoux 1996), as well as the conjectured emotions of
infants and animals as justification here. Debate on this point is
ongoing but represents a major distinction between what are called
'cognitive' theories of emotions and 'non-cognitive' theories of
emotions, where non-cognitive theories regard some other feature of
emotions, such as bodily responses to be essential.
A related distinction is between the emotion and the results of the
emotion, principally behaviours and emotional expressions. People
often behave in certain ways as a direct result of their emotional
state, such as crying, fighting or fleeing. Yet again, if one can have
the emotion without the corresponding behaviour then we may consider
the behaviour not to be essential to the emotion. However some
theorists such as Nico Frijda who hold a functionalist approach to
emotions point to the idea that emotions have evolved for a particular
function, such as to keep the subject safe. If the behaviours
associated with an emotion are the determining factor for the very
existence of that emotion then goal-directed behaviour should be
regarded as essential to the emotion. Yet since we recognise that the
behaviour need not necessarily occur, we can stipulate that emotions
involve what are called 'action tendencies'. So for instance, fear
involves the tendency to flee, which means that the probability that
the subject will flee from a given situation is increased when they
are undergoing fear."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions
Although i might be confusing your thoughts with mood:
"A mood is a relatively long lasting, affective or emotional state.
Moods differ from simple emotions in that they are less specific,
often less intense, less likely to be triggered by a particular
stimulus or event, and longer lasting.[1] Moods generally have either
a positive or negative valence. In other words, people often speak of
being in a good mood or a bad mood. Unlike acute, emotional feelings
like fear and surprise, moods generally last for hours or days. Mood
also differs from temperament or personality traits which are even
more general and longer lasting. However, personality traits (e.g.
Optimism, Neuroticism) tend to predispose certain types of moods. Mood
is an internal, subjective state, but it often can be inferred from
posture and other behaviors.
According to the psychologist, Robert Thayer, mood is a product of two
dimensions, energy and the tension.) A person can be energetic or
tired while also being tense or calm. According to Thayer, people feel
best when they are in a calm-energy mood. They feel worse when in a
tense-tired state.
People often use food to regulate mood. Thayer identifies a
fundamental food-mood connection, and advises against the reliance on
food as a mood regulator. The low energy arousal coupled with tension,
as experienced in a bad mood, can be counteracted by walking. Thayer
suggests walking as a means to enhanced happiness.
Etymologically, mood derives from the Old English mōd which denoted
military courage, but could also refer to a person's humour, temper,
or disposition at a particular time. The cognate Gothic mōds
translates to both θυμος "mood, spiritedness" and οργη "anger"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%%28psychology%%29
We would prefer to hear your own opinions rather than those of others.
Words are crucial to the expression of opinion as we see also colours -
association - visuals - and indeed your own self or character so quotations
from others are not your view from your own personal character or essence or
individual mind.
In order to understand our views on emotions - you would have to read all
several thousand of our messages - where we have looked at this subject in
many different ways.
You may see of this particular message that the words and sentiment may be
childish - but we have covered hundreds of other aspects of emotion which
you may not view in this way.
You say also that the words we wrote are amusing.
This was our intent and good to see that you noted our intent.
THE BORG
