Any human could agree that they live in a modern world that is not all that happy. There are always situations tugging at people that can affect their overall wellbeing. Whether they are problems within them or disasters surrounding them, these issues make it impossible to be happy all the time. That is just how life works and it can be very confusing sometimes. Something that is even more confusing though is this feeling of happiness. It still puzzles researchers today and they are still…
There is nothing wrong with having emotions, they are normal. We as humans encounter ourselves with tons of emotions during our lifespan. Each emotion we have has a specific duty. Majority of us have the wrong ideas about emotions. Believe it or not, emotions are instruments of survival (47). In the Article “Beyond Happiness”, by Matthew Hutson, it indicates how beneath the surface of happiness, the different types of emotions that we deal with on the daily basis controls how happy an individual…
According to Aristotle, pleasure can be created by certain natural onsets (emotions) that engage a person’s soul. In On Rhetoric near the end of Book 1, Aristotle defines pleasure as “a certain movement of the mind and a collective organization of sensual perception reaching into [an individual’s] fundamental nature” (87). He goes on to say that “movement into a natural state is thus necessarily pleasurable for the most part, and especially whenever a natural process has recovered its own…
E. B. White makes it seem as though the entirety of New York is devoid of emotion and its inhabitants will only work for the sake of money in his Here is New York. He expresses this through the tone in which he describes New Yorkers. However, White betrays this depiction by subtly introducing a human emotion that has the potential to bud and spread through New York and make it feel more like the New York that we are used to. White shows his respect for New York by showing the ability of the city…
Often people regulate their emotions by doing something they enjoy to cheer them up, or they may even make themselves anxious with constant worry. People influence their feelings both mentally and behaviorally and this is known as emotional regulation. Studies have shown that human emotions, moods, and thoughts often get in the way of performance and daily tasks. When participants engage in physical activity, or competitions, the need to control negative thoughts is crucial to the success of…
is always a positive emotion; however, it is not always all happiness. Due to the fact that “our relationships…., they define us, they sustain us,” Lewandowski in the Ted Talk video informs the audience about how relationships and make people who they are. these romantic relationships can have an large effect on one’s life. Love is one of the hardest emotions to process because love can lead to other emotions that most people do not really associate with love. Love is an emotion that has an…
How Emotion controls relationships Emotions control our lives. It is impossible to imagine a life without emotions as it is a primary determinant in our relationships with others. Different emotional expressions are exhibited in relationships under different circumstances. Humans treasure their feelings in whatever they do, be it watching a football game or a touch by a loved one. Emotions give a clue on the current situation of a relationship, for instance; positive emotion translates to…
The Human Story There is approximately 7.5 billion people on Earth. Within those 7.5 billion people, there is something similar between all of them. Something similar between a child in Syria, who has never seen anything other than war and a rich, republican woman who has everything she could ever ask for. The thing that connects these people is emotion. Lust, hatred, anticipation, sorrow and delight are emotions that every single person perceives. By examining human stories from around the…
in Recognizing Emotions There was a TV show that was broadcast from 2009-2011 called Lie to Me. In this show was a man named Cal Lightman who used his knowledge of body language and facial expressions to read people’s body language. The premise of Lie to Me is based on Paul Ekman and his studies on microexpressions (“Lie to Me”). A microexpression “is a brief, involuntary facial expression shown on the face of humans according to emotions experienced” (“Microexpression”). All emotions have a…
Beings Humans are very complicated beings, but is it possible for a human to connect to a dinosaurs? Or for a dinosaur to have human emotions? A story telling the tale of 2 lighthouse workers and an estranged dinosaur proves that it is indeed very possible. Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Foghorn” uses the topics of loneliness, a symbolic dinosaur, love & loss, and the central conflict of person vs. society to show the complexity of any being with human thoughts and their capacity for emotion…