Emotions

What is Hyper Empathy? Empathy is the capacity someone has to relate or share the emotions experienced by another. Before someone can demonstrate compassion or sympathy, a certain degree of empathy must first be experienced. But, it is possible for someone to have too much empathy? What are the differences between empathy and sympathy? Sympathy and empathy are two very different ways of approaching the emotional challenges faced by other people. Sympathy puts another person’s problems at a…

emotional intelligence and why. The four components of emotional intelligence are self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (HELPGUIDE.ORG, 2016). Self-awareness is simply being aware and able to identify your own emotions and how they affect your overall behavioral and thoughts (HELPGUIDE.ORG, 2016). If your upset…

Comedy, like every good theatrical performance, needs to engage the audience by evoking emotions based on what is shown on stage. However, a comical play calls for laughter, which tends to disengage audience’s attention from the play’s context. This self-contradictory nature of comedy seems to work against the aim of theater. This makes comedy a difficult theatrical art to work with because since it should find the right balance in its nature. Woodruff points out that “the paradox of comedy is…

Raibley (2012) claims that there is a secular force in the universe in the work of Kekes, which Hobbes has also calculated into his theory of the duality of good and evil in human emotion: “In order to explain the many atrocities of the 20th century, Kekes argues that we must reject both the Enlightenment assumption that “human being are basically reasonable and good” (p.119)…They [the human race] are given to self-deception, and they…

Although the owner does arrive home the next morning, the commercial states, “For some, the waiting never ended,” showing how the consequences of drinking and driving can affect others (Budweiser). With the credibility of Budweiser, they use logic and emotion to promote their products along with responsible behavior.…

“constantly wanting to be hidden”, is an emotion that is continuously presented in Holly’s mind. Throughout the text, she believes that she feels most comfortable when she is alone, but yet wants to feel protected by people. She tends to use her distance as a way of protecting herself, while finding comfort in “isolation” but desires for someone to care for her (Hassan 70). Until she can find her true fantasy Holly chooses to create her own strategy to ensure her emotions are safely…

Although not many individuals in society today have gotten poisoned lately or are on a mad quest for revenge; Hamlet connects with a large portion of our society today. Hamlet has connected with readers on an emotional level that many can relate to. As one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, Hamlet really connects with readers of all ages, but Hamlet is the character that most easily relates to the audience. Along with that, Hamlet also relates with readers that have personal experiences with…

Gaby Capozza COMM 208-54 Journal #7 Sometimes, I want to express my emotions to someone but I do not because I encounter obstacles. One of these obstacles is societal customs. Women, at one time, were known for being emotional and “soft”. In today’s society, I do not want to be portrayed as the typical weak and emotional female. I have personally experienced this obstacle several times in my life. One time in specific, was with my current boyfriend, Ty. I used to be friends with his high school…

most abrasive emotion toward Sadness after Joy. Anger suggests a self-proclaimed brilliant idea that Riley should run away from her new home to make Riley happy when Joy and Sadness is not at headquarters. Anger also makes Riley steal her mother's credit card when they grasp Riley cannot afford to run away. His idea caused the islands which represent Riley’s personality to destruct. Anger learns to accept Sadness as an important emotion at the end of the movie. Disgust, another emotion in…

John Dewey argues against William James' theory by saying that Dewey believes that emotions are experiences in which our emotions are directed toward the environment (84-85). Too, he argues that out bodily responses are needed as a way to deal with the emotion (85) and to relieve that sensation (86). Dewey mentions how he does not grasp why sounds such as laughter should be emitted while responding to an emotion (86). Too, laughing does not always insinuate that something is funny, but a laugh…