An interesting experience of thought

I would suggest that you are careful in when, how, with whom you discuss yourself.
There are things one can say only to some people, but not to other.
So one first needs to assess what the individual situation is - whether the person is the right one, and whether the time is the right one, and whether one is in the right mood to discuss oneself in terms that are closest to one. Or whether perhaps one would do better to keep to a more "normal", "standard" way of talking about oneself.

I know that being thus selective seems fake. But the fact is that people are not all the same, and in order to have meaningful communications with them, we must adapt to them to some extent. Otherwise, we might even get into trouble, or at least have unsatisfactory communications with them.

One doesn't have to wear one's heart on one's sleeve.

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Thats interesting. Do you feel the emotions of people like a blast sometimes? I remember one occasion when I felt such a sharp wave of hostility from another person I actually felt it hit me like a wall. Almost a white flash. It's why it tires me out being around people too long, because of the barrage of their emotions against my brain.

 

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greenburg-I'll keep that in mind.

SAM-I dunno. I guess the loudness of sexual and violent thoughts could be attributed to their attached emotion. I sense a heat(?) emanating between people who care about one another. I sense-SOMETHING ELSE from things I don't expect to, like trees.

 

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our lecturer in health psychology (which i have to go to right now

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) is always asking us to work out how being alone can be a social thing

To work out who the audiance is for our thoughts and our actions when we are alone.

I will try to respond more fully latter but i just thought i would drop this in

 

I can relate to this very well.
I seem to be overly receptive to the emotional states of other people. Happy, say, enthusiastic, frustrated - it's as if my heart and mind just go along with the waves of emotions of others.

There is a phenomenon called emotional contagion, which describes and explains this.


I suppose it is because of being so susceptible that I prefer the internet where the emotional aspect is significantly lessened.
However, it just occured to me that being online so much isn't a long-term solution, nor is it economical. In the long run, it will likely pay off a lot more to build emotional and spiritual competence (even though it may take enormous effort in the beginning) as opposed to avoiding situations where these competences are needed.
And of course vanity and an overblown ego are not part of these competences, although they are easy solutions to the problem of being easily susceptible to the emotional states of others.

 

Excellent point of emphasis!

 

I have sensed the emotional status of others as they approach or as I approach them. I can "feel" a person approaching who intends to beg, preach The Word - or whatever religious gobbledy-gook - and I can tell when someone is just pandering, smiling to make me feel relaxed and (more importantly) vulnerable.

These are simply emotional responses, though, nothing concrete. It's intuition, and could possibly be accounted for, at least in part, by body language and other subtle visual, auditory or other sensory cues my conscious mind is not aware of.

The subconscious grabs on to that and the sound of footsteps can say, "THIEF!"

Actual words, conversation? Nope.

 

Wow, we discuss almost every decision. I'm not sure how my thought process would go without it. Would thoughts just appear? How would I make decisions, without hearing from each of the different viewpoints?

 

greenberg im not sure what you mean

Were you saying my post was compleatly irrelivent?
do you disagree with the lectures questions?

 

Bend over and I'll stuff it.

Also "ant destructive moron" should by hyphenated thus: "ant-destructive moron."

 

No, and no. Which is why I said "Excellent point of emphasis!"


(Heh, it appears Asguard has the perception that I am cynical toward him ... :bawl:

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i guess im slightly paranoid, its a burden

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I would have to assume that you are young and still learning your way through the network of social interaction and dealing with the many thoughts desires and emotions that present them selves to your conscious mind.

You have defiantly stepped upward towards matured empathy but don't read to much into what you might think others are thinking.

Also do not fall into the trap of mind reading, mystic, or magical interaction. You are learning to read people. Body language is a powerful communication systems and is easily miss read and miss interpreted, it is also read on a very subconscious level. Once you have two people together they can become a mob.

Your mind is divided by emotions, and there are many, they mix and each will express in thoughts and actions. They are by far not separate and each is express in your own unique way, a way that make you you.

Well im just babbling...
Enjoy the journey is all I can say.