Quelklef

milk consumer

girly but not a girl

name-color: #C09


Quelklef
@Quelklef

this question has been haunting me for some time. being a member of a social system i feel a duty for the opinions i hold to be developed in some responsible manner, for some suitable definition of responsible


Quelklef
@Quelklef

ive always been curious about emotion. some years back while doing i discovered a paper introducing a framework for understanding emotion. this framework was called conceptual act theory (whose acronym was, yes, CAT), and as i recall[1] the main idea was that an emotion is a cognitive response to a physical state.

for instance. feeling tense in your body, and also just had your partner do something they know you don't like? cognitively you might interpret this as anger. on the contrary, feeling tense in your body and sitting in the waiting room for a job interview? anxious.

so i found this paper interesting and the ideas have stuck around in my mind. in fact, i believe this paper has impacted how i view my own emotion

thing is, this absorption happened without doing any real critical analysis of the paper's framework first. i did not look for response articles; did not really discuss with other people; i also did not really question whether the framework makes sense in my own life and for my own emotions

it was just, wow, this feels really good in my brain, and in it goes

a picture of my cat sitting in an empty box of cup ramen, looking at the camera

again i wouldnt say i fault myself for it. i dont even think id say this is "bad" or to be avoided. but it is certainly a state of affairs with consequences

[1]: i can't find the paper now =(