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Originally posted by skunknuts
Not that it is totally relevant, but that makes me think of addiction. Not that it isn't necessarily irrelevant either. In a weird way, people can get addicted to negative feelings/ thought states.
Maybe you need to find what really makes you tick (as in enjoyment), before the accomplishment will feel more endemic than relieving? Freud, for all his faults, said the only two things that really made life meaningful are love, and love of (one's) work.
Originally posted by EnlightenUp
Usually, if I do somhow accomplish something, my attitude is more of a relief or absense of negative that it is passed rather than that of having a positive sense of accomplishment-- ie. it amounts to a temporary relief from pain rather than feeling fullfilled (which I think would be better, temporary or not).
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
I think selfishness develops along with immediate gratification too. Forget wating 5 minutes for another cookie, i would've thought nothing of stealing to immediately satisfy my desires. Because it didn't occur to me that people are worth more than what my socially closed off parents had raised me to beleive.
Because i answered your question "energy exchange!?" ^^^ yes, pretty much, that's what emotions are, fluctuations of energy in your body and in many different ways, variations, combinations and with an infinite number of explanations as to why, how, and when they occur, to what extent they change you, their intensity, their significance, duration and psychological thought manifestations.
10. The Gambler’s fallacy is the tendency to think that future probabilities are altered by past events, when in reality, they are not.
9. Reactivity is the tendency of people to act or appear differently when they know that they are being observed.
7. Self-fulfilling prophecy is engaging in behaviors that obtain results that confirm existing attitudes.
3. Hyperbolic discounting is the tendency for people to prefer a smaller, immediate payoff over a larger, delayed payoff.
2. Escalation of commitment is the tendency for people to continue to support previously unsuccessful endeavors.
1. The Placebo effect is when an ineffectual substance that is believed to have healing properties produces the desired effect.
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
reply to post by Illusionsaregrander
For example, It would make sense if someone understood neutrality in an emotional context as another word for indifference, or apathy. These words could be very different to your subjective experience of "neutrality", but maybe it is your understanding and definition of these feelings which are inaccurate here. I mean no offence by this. It just seemed like a possibility, especially given your simplification of some concepts, such as "happiness or sadness".
Neutral point of view (NPOV) is a fundamental Wikimedia principle and a cornerstone of Wikipedia. All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
But also because i can personally relate to a feeling of constant indifference. It's actually the cause of most people's depression, and its called stress.
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
The duration and fluidity of your feelings of "neutrality", would give a good indication of what it is that your actually experiencing. So if for example you are completely unmoved by something you know you should normally feel strongly about, its probably because your either too tired or stressed.
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
Perhaps, this "neutral" state of ...lets say, emotional inactivity... varies from person to person, in many ways, such as the trigger of this state, the context of when you become "neutral" and how intense "neutral" is compared to your other feelings which are more definable and noticeable. Basically is this just something completely unique to each individual or can we draw some core essence from its bondage to subjectivity?
Originally posted by DizzyDayDream
This (apparently) is not the case. Its not continual joy, or ecstasy, or some such perpetually positive state. Happiness, so they say, is many things, but mainly its about resilience or "will power", so that your negative feelings (which all healthy humans should experience) are processed in a way that doesn't leave you exhausted or drained, and importantly they are fully processed, allowing a complete release whereby you can move on, and let go.