2008/10/24 Kim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 24/10/2008, at 4:14 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> I'm not sure what distinction you're making. As far as I'm concerned >> feelings=emotions. > > Brent which of the following portray 'feelings' and which portray > 'emotions': > > > I have a ( ) my uranium shares might go up soon > > > I have a ( ) it might rain > > > God exists. If you don't agree then you must be a freakin &+*&&*I > > > I had a ( ) that someone was trying to manipulate me > > > I had this ( ) that things will work out OK between us > > > God does not exist. If you can't reason that you must be a &^*H*$!@ > > > I'm suggesting that emotions are tethered to survival need and > protection of values etc. > > There is radical brain-chemistry change of state under emotions > > They have a physical effect on the organism having them that can be > spotted easily by a 3rd party > > Feelings are mildly intellectual sensations of value that we have that > give us a compass for general decision-making (not warefare or survival) > > Not the same chemistry involved at all
Perhaps what you're thinking of is autonomic arousal: racing heart, flushing, sweating etc., mediated by the autonomic nervous system and by the release of hormones such as adrenaline. The utility of this is that it readies the animal for a fight-or-flight response, and sometimes that it signals this readiness to observers. However, the actual feeling is in the brain, not in the body. Your brain notices how your body is responding, and this adds intensity to what you are calling a feeling, turning it into what you are calling an emotion. Panic attacks are an example of a positive feedback loop where this gets out hand: you get anxious, causing your heart to race, you notice this and get more anxious, causing your heart to race even more, etc. The panic attack can be treated acutely with beta blockers, which reduce the body's ability to react to anxiety, or benzodiazepines, which reduce the brain's ability to feel anxiety and send signals to the body causing arousal. -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---