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Originally Posted by Myers
Basically I want to know: if I feel even a semblance of emotions, what emotions supposed to feel like, and how my feelings compare to the feelings of people who have a well functioning limbic system. I don't mean to upset anyone. I asked this in another forum a few months ago, and someone pointed out that I was upsetting the other members. I don't know if she meant by the question or other things. But if I am upsetting anyone by the question, just tell me.
I actually googled this (or, rather, what does a [specific emotion] feel like], and I didn't get a clear cut answer. The best explanation I've gotten was this about sadness: "yes, our emotions defiantly link to how we feel physically. usually, when people are sad, their whole energy level is low- so their blood pressure, & heart rate are going to be lower which may effect how we physically feel. Often times when I'm sad I get this sinking feeling in my stomach like someone hit me in the gut. It makes me feel just all around lousy, and usually just makes me feel sadder." -Catherine S on Yahoo Answers.
So is there a physical feeling in one's chest or stomach or wherever? You know, like those phrases used to describe the emotion of a character in a book ... "His stomach turned" ... "Her heart lept with joy" ... "My palms started sweating" ... Or are those the reactions caused by emotions, instead of the emotions themselves?
I'm sorry, I'm probably not making a whole lot of sense...
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everyone has their own ways of reacting to what they go through in their lives, work, stress, vacation time enjoyment, grief what ever.
example I get a stomach ache when I am nervous my partner has no stomach ache but gets hyper and cant sit still. when I experience something funny I laugh out loud, my partner has more quieter reaction giggle. when Im sad I need to go off on my own, when my partner is sad its a blanket and a warm drink and a box of tissues and a tear jerker movie. we both have our own feelings and how our bodies react to those feelings in each bodies own way and we have our our ways of expressing our feelings.
whatever you feel and however you react to how you feel and how you express your feelings is not going to compare good or bad and may not even match any anyone else here.
I am me, my partner is my partner, you are you and everyone here on Psych Central we are all each unique individuals with our own way to be, feel and react. thats true for medications, feelings likes, dislikes and everything its even documented how twins, triplets, quads, quints, octuplets each one is their own individual person with their own way to be and how they feel things and how they express things.
