THE ANATOMY OF YOUR EMOTIONS

 Emotion is a physiological experience with behavioral expression of feelings in response to any sensory information.

 The behavioral changes include musculoskeletal, autonomic, and endocrine responses. 

Emotion is an intriguing aspect of human physiology that has been studied from various viewpoints of philosophy, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, etc.

Emotions are tricky things. They come in a variety of sharpnesses and intensities, but there are no instructions on what to do with them or how to make sense of them. So I'm gonna be explaining a Little insight on the ANATOMY OF EMOTIONS.

How are EMOTIONS formed??

Emotions trace back to an event which triggered a thought. Most people can identify what was happening when they felt angry, happy, scared, etc. This is referred to as the “incident” or “trigger.”

Immediately following the incident, a thought appears about what is happening. We analyze the event to see if it's good or bad for us. 

If we had a cartoon thought bubble over our heads we would be able to see exactly what thoughts appeared at the time of the incident or just afterwards

As our thoughts develop, our brain becomes activated. If we had electrodes hooked up to the brain, we might actually see the brain light up in different ways, depending on what event just happened and what thought popped up.

Next our body may respond with a quickened heart rate, rising or dropping body temperature, increased blood pressure, etc. Our face may give us away through manifestations such as crying, tightened brows, or wide eyes. 

We may have an urge to do something such as yell or throw something, and we may, at times, actually act on that urge. All of these things give way to the emotion we are “feeling”.

The feeling is actually the last thing that happens in this process.

Emotion is seen as a function of an autonomic system which pervades the cerebrum as much as the rest of the body.  

Emotions has three components

Subjective experience

Psychologicalresponse 

and behavioural experience.

Feelings arrive from the emotional experience.

List Of The Six Basic Emotions we feel are:

Sadness

Happiness

Fear

Anger

Surprise

Disgust

In general We cannot always control our feelings. Many times emotions come without warning and when we least expect it. 

For example, Why do we feel pain during a heartbreak?

Here's the answer

Love can be addictive, like a drug, because of the hormones our brain releases when we become really attached to someone or something. Dopamine and oxytocin in particular are hormones which make us feel good and want to repeat behaviours, and are released at elevated levels when we’re in love.

Then, when heartbreak happens, these hormone levels drop and are replaced with the stress hormone cortisol. Designed to support your body’s fight-or-flight response, too much cortisol over a period of time can contribute to anxiety, nausea, acne and weight gain – all those unpleasant mental and physical symptoms associated with heartbreak.

We can get better at listening to what our feelings are telling us and learning more about ourselves.

What are confusing questions you have about emotions?

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