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[novapsyche]

Earlier today I said What you do with your emotions are your reactions to your emotions.

I suppose from this it's possible to say that emotions are actions. (Completely internal actions, but actions nonetheless. And, apparently, involuntary.)

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So you're saying......

[1onslaught.livejournal.com]

So are you saying your reactions to emotions are involuntary or your emotions are involuntary.Because emotions are are learned traits(some are genetically inherited)to outside stimulus. If you're in a coma you dont respond to any stimulus.

Re: So you're saying......

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Emotions are partly based on prior experience. But we don't think about that experience when the emotion arises; the brain accesses that past imagelessly (if you'll allow me to coin a word) and without any conscious thought. The emotion occurs much too quickly for the forebrain to be involved (especially when the amygdala, the "fear center", is activated).

I'm not saying that I completely believe my initial statement to be true. I'm saying that that seems to be a tacit position on my part, because I do believe that our control of our emotions comes after the fact--they are reactions, not actions themselves.