Can we choose our emotions or do they just happen?

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ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

It depends on how you have been brought up

I have gone through quite a bit in my life and I had to stop and think about it and say what why how
And to be honest with you somebody could reckon to your car you can let somebody drive it and they can wreck it and you have to look at the whole picture that's my fault because I allowed them to do it I allow them to drive it so am I going to be pissed I can be a little bit angry but I'm not going to take it out on them
If you look at everything that goes on in life
You can deal with just about everything and anything because you have to no matter what why go crazy over something that has happened it can be fixed or maybe not

But I looked at it one day and there's nothing that I can't get through I've been through hell I've been through pain like you would not believe there's four things or five things in this world

I can control myself but there comes a point where I would. Wouldn't want to and that is if you beat on a kid if you pick on somebody that cannot defend themselves if you pick on a grandparent or an older person if you hit your old lady if you touch a girl and she says no or if you kick a pet those are about the only things that make me angry I mean really pissed off

Because the person that is doing that to these people know that they can't fight back they do the same thing with a pet if they kick and beat on a dog or cat or whatever they do it because they can't get hit back and that to me is chickenshit that to me pisses me off and I think I would actually go after the person or if I seen it happening let me put it this way if I seen it happening I would definitely put a stop to it no matter how far it went I would put a stop to it

uncleBobbyb77 · Accepted Answer

You can choose your emotions through how you choose to perceive things, positively or negatively. Also you choose how to react to them and whether or not you can control your own behavior. Some emotions will happen regardless of your intentions however what you do with them is your choice

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

Emotional impulses are uncontrolled but duration and intensity of those differs individually. However I think most people can bring themselves intentionally in some specific emotion.

EmmaMary · Accepted Answer

I've always very firmly believe that we have absolutely no control whatsoever with our emotions... It's quite simply a feature of nature.

Christian_Cartier · Answer

Emotions are not mysterious. They are biological responses to the context of your current situation. We are animals that are built for genetic survival.

1. You perceive information through your sensory system from your environment.

2. Your brain interprets that information and approximates its impact in regard to your likelihood of genetic survival.

3. Your brain elicits an emotional response that is designed to guide you toward the actions that will further your genetic survival.

There has been tons of research done on this in the last few decades.

HawkPerception · Answer

It really depends on how we process information and you can train your brain to process information to an extent.

If someone says "fuck your mother" and the recipient of the comment gets angry that's on them.

If someone says "fuck your mother" and the recipient of the comment laughs at the immature 12 year old insult, then that's also on them.

You can control your emotions. But in some scenarios, it's much harder to than others.

lightbulb27 · Answer

there's a book on that and lots of research.

there are some core emotions and everything built off of that. we record lots of things that are important, stored as emotions... so our bodies get a quick response. whatever we experienced, that is what reverberates... what is recorded.

they are triggered.

Miristheiss · Answer

We can not let them control us. Most decisions need to be made through logic and not via emotion. People that make major decisions based off of emotions and let their emotions rule their lives usually F up all the time and make terrible decisions.

DrPepper12 · Answer

No. We cannot. What we CAN do is FULLY control our reaction to emotional stimuli. The Stoic School of philosophy adheres to this view and it's great of champion and philosopher is Marcus Aurelius. I highly suggest that you read his life-changing work "Meditations". It's the greatest self-help book and creator of epiphanies is that you will ever read!

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Absolutely no choice , emotions happen without the approval of your consciousness. But you have powers there: You can bury them, accept them, deny them, view them from a distance, feel them... So, several perspectives possible.

Ladsin2 · Answer

You can't control your initial emotion, but you can control everything else by choosing what to focus on. If someone smacks me, I will immediately get angry. Then my reason takes over and I focus on the fact that it's a kid who doesn't know not to hit someone and I relax.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

I don't know. I've been asking that myself ever since I saw Andrew tate say "I never feel the wrong thing, I always feel exactly what I need to for the situation."  LOL that guy is a nut

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

As for me when you are younger I think your emotions just happen & when you are older I think you can choose some of your emotions.

mobiusforniner · Answer

The ability to regulate one’s own emotions is the greatest challenge bestowed upon each human being.

purplepoppy · Answer

Emotions are the result of thought, we can't control the first thought but we can the second.

Nikki1989 · Answer

We can't control our emotions, but we can influence how we respond to them.

Reymundo41 · Answer

Both, you can choose to control your emotions or let them go. But sometimes you feel a certain way and can't hide it

exitseven · Answer

There are reasons that we feel the way we do. Most of the times it feels entirely random

bowenw · Answer

In my experience we have no control over them.

LiamJHayden · Answer

We cannot control "feelings" but we can control how they affect us.

Squatting_Slav · Answer

I really cannot control mine.. only block them

Anonymous · Answer

You can't choose your emotions. But you CAN choose how you react to them.

Account · Answer

I am able to control mine.

A_Wild_Redhead · Answer

We choose what triggers what emotion.

Kellyamy · Answer

Sometimes they just happen

Anonymous · Answer

They happen. You control them.

WhitneySnow · Answer

Both I think

DaBiggestBird · Answer

Yes.

dudeinohio · Answer

They just happen

Lokiion · Answer

Both

eagle1951 · Answer

just happen

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