[RogueWolf]

Hmmm apperently I'm the only human ever to google "How to gauge my depth of feelings," this alone tells me something isn't right. Seriously many things you google it comes up with heaps of pages- not one on how to gauge the level of your feelings.... why other humans don't ask this question? Why don't they need to know how they feel? Or how deep thier feelings go in comparision to the average level? Hmmm maybe they are machines who feel nothing? Or machines who haven't enough thought processes to need to know if they feel things properly? Nature machines. hmmm. "Mechanical" in thier natural/biological workings hmmm. Wierd.

[ocdwifeofsociopath]

Try googling how to understand your feelings or something similar

[RogueWolf]

Thanks but that's a completely different thing than what I'm looking for.

[ocdwifeofsociopath]

Originally Posted by RogueWolf

Thanks but that's a completely different thing than what I'm looking for.

Not necessarily. You may be surprised.

[Auntie2014]

I have never really googled it but I do use the same scale technique used for describing pain. I rate my level of depression based on 10 being needing to call 911 for intervention to 1 being no depression.

I don't know why you could not use the same scale for judging feelings. 10= love/1= hate. As far as judging how you rate on a scale compared to others I do not know how anything could be compared because everyone judges differently.

Good Luck finding what you are looking for.

[RogueWolf]

nah it is a different thing than what I'm looking for Ocd cos I skimmed through what came up on google and it's not what I ment. It's about my depth and range of feelings in comparison to what's considered average is what i'm after. That other stuff is about understanding certain feeling you have...

[RogueWolf]

hmm I could try that Auntie, well there are general scales they measure these sorts of things on I think or how could they know if someone was callous or just not showing what they felt? Unless physcologists haven't figured out yet that not showing feeling's isn't the same as not having them... -> Interesting side note they have disproved physcopaths having no empathy, thier empathy switch is just off in thier "default" state but it can be switched on.

[ocdwifeofsociopath]

I thought maybe it would give you a better understanding of what's normal to help you give something to compare against. *Shrug* Oh well

[RogueWolf]

Thanks Ocd it just seems to me that it would like trying to measure water with a tape measure, it might be that I see the world differently from you cos I honestly see it as being a completely different thing, it's hard to explain. They talk about why you have feelings and I'm really looking for how to tell how deep they run. Thanks for the suggestions though.

If it is so different, why bother looking at all? It's like looking at an atlas for a good salsa recipe... You're going to come up regretfully empty.

[RogueWolf]

Originally Posted by Shayatanica

If it is so different, why bother looking at all? It's like looking at an atlas for a good salsa recipe... You're going to come up regretfully empty.

How to say this without starting a fight? hmm... What you just said basically equates to the defeatist attitude of "well life is hard so why bother breathing?". And that way of thinking accomplishes nothing, I look because I seek to understand myself and find a way to make life better for myself. I look to find answers to make things easier on myself and gain sacred knowledge *evil grin, rub hands together*. Knowledge is power

[RogueWolf]

Also if you look deep enough everything is related- I can use an atlas to find a good salsa recipe I just have to think out side the box to do it. I'm gonna leave it up to you to figure out what I mean by that hehe ;p

[Trippin2.0]

Last time I checked they didn't invent an emotion-O-meter... Sad though that science is so behind because the data would help many people see what some of us struggle to convey verbally.

When they do emotional scale testing (example for bipolar) they stick to the age old 1-10 method, and that's what they use for data to see just how deeply you are feeling whatever it is you're feeling. They also use it to see if your experience is anywhere near the normal range of feelings.

I see what you're saying. I'm not necessarily trying to come off as a defeatist. I guess, once I got dx'ed & did my stint of researching & soul-seeking, I kinda... Mellowed out. I just accept it as it is. It's not as important for functioning to understand your own feelings, but being able to react appropriately to others. At least in my recent "social experiments".

And yeahh, yeah, smartass. Just look up the countries where they make it. Or burn the book & just go buy some!! Hahahahah

[RogueWolf]

Originally Posted by Trippin2.0

Last time I checked they didn't invent an emotion-O-meter... Sad though that science is so behind because the data would help many people see what some of us struggle to convey verbally.

When they do emotional scale testing (example for bipolar) they stick to the age old 1-10 method, and that's what they use for data to see just how deeply you are feeling whatever it is you're feeling. They also use it to see if your experience is anywhere near the normal range of feelings.

yeh it seems silly they do that 1-10 scale cos I look at it like this my 1-10 scale could be completely different to thiers so it's a bit useless really isn't it and they never go into that.

[RogueWolf]

Originally Posted by Shayatanica

I see what you're saying. I'm not necessarily trying to come off as a defeatist. I guess, once I got dx'ed & did my stint of researching & soul-seeking, I kinda... Mellowed out. I just accept it as it is. It's not as important for functioning to understand your own feelings, but being able to react appropriately to others. At least in my recent "social experiments".

And yeahh, yeah, smartass. Just look up the countries where they make it. Or burn the book & just go buy some!! Hahahahah

mwah ha ha ha *evil grin* yeh I am a bit of a smartass hehe u got what I ment though... It has become important for me to find out how deep I feel and if that is similar to "average" scales. Many things are turning over in my head and I'm finding I need to know this info cos I thought I was pretty "normal" yet I am hearing some comments come from some people I know which are making me wonder. People telling me how insensitive I am when I thought I was quite a sensitive person or telling me how inconsiderate I am. For example I swear a lot when I talk and apparently my friends think I am swearing at them, my normal reaction to that is they are being stupid if they can't figure out the context is what makes the difference between me swearing in general and me swearing at them but it seems to be the average feeling for most people, yet to me it's idiocy and annoys me. I got told this can make people defensive which again annoys me but also intrigues me, I seek to understand things. I find learning about things I don't understand fascinating. And frustrating.

[RogueWolf]

also I'm beginning to think learning this emotional scale and where I fit within (or how far outside) it I am is important for my own reasons.