The Psychology of Emotion 

for stupid people that's true

Maybe because of human nature

@@zendrox.von-laixer9192 There's a theory that all decisions are made by emotions and motivation. If you have no emotional attachment or motivation, you don't do anything and can't make decisions. This is most commonly observed in depression but I have heard of it happening with certain types of brain damage aswell. Furthermore, even rational thought is subject to an inherent attachment to ideas and experiences you are attached to, where and how you learned that information and what your emotional attachments are. It's hard to separate those things even in logic and especially in political debate.

I was looking for this comment! 😆I agree, this iss not** happiness for sure

Not exacty but it's a good wat to explain it. Hate = disgust + fear + anger That's a very good summery of hate. If a child wanted to understand emotions better I'd probably tell them something like that.

Well first of all, Asperger's is not a diagnosis anymore; it now falls under Autism Spectrum Disorder. I think this change itself already answers half of your question, because the way that disorders are defined is culturally determined and therefore partially arbitrary. 50 years ago homosexuality was still a disorder in most countries. Note that I'm not saying that it was merely considered one, it really _was_ a disorder at that point in time, because mental health disorders are similar to economic currencies; they are only valid to the extent that we believe them to be. That's exactly why the diagnostic manuals change over time. Now, the other half of the answer to your question is very different. Down syndrome means to have an entire extra copy of a chromosome... that is a really significant genetic alteration. It is something that is biologically detectable and unchangeable (at this point in time, anyways). Something like autism is also partially genetic ofcourse, but the degree of genetic contribution is not even in the same ballpark as for down syndrome. So, when it comes to how different these populations are from the overall population, in terms of their emotional processing etc., you could argue that autism is just part of the normal genetic variability between people (making the diagnosis arbitrary). For people with down syndrome, I doubt any geneticist nor psychologist would make that claim.

@@Guidus125 Why is it that I feel like you just wanted to make some points about these syndromes? Clearly, my question was about how these syndromes impact the way people with them process emotions. Though it isn't true all the time, we often observe how people with these syndromes respond differently, both behaviorally and emotionally, from those without them.

​@@glennpearson9348 ? Autism is not a 'syndrome.' It's natural human divergence.Autistics have ALWAYS been here.

Absolutely! Paul Ekman's work on basic emotions has been revered for a long time but Prof Lisa Feldman Barrett has been courageous enough to challenge it. Her theory of emotions, based on available neuroscience evidence, states that emotions are not genetically wired as 6 basic emotions that can be distinguished from each other, either from facial or body expressions, or from neural signatures.

Thank you, Vergil

I get that.

Yeah the editing was just a little confusing lol, it took me a second but he was just moving on to a different point

I'm pretty sure Smarter Every Day made a video on it if you want to check it out.

In the Japanese language there seems to be a clear distinction so plausibly.

Exception, you also need "mirror neurons" to ease interpretation. The flip side is that you can usually recognize people by their demeanor miles away, even if you can only see the silhouette while normal people don't. And of course, it has a huge impact on social life as you don't pick up cues passively. You may for example speak for 10 minutes straight without seeing that your interlocutor want to say something. You may end up timing yourself and actively looking for cues or letting blanks in your speech to get people to speak if they want. In the beginning, that land for weird situations to which people don't know how to react and this, in turn, is some noise in your learning ^^ That's quite an handicap, but in the end, you develop strategies and that includes cold reading ^^ This also lead to what is called "masking". Now, you may also be describing emotion numbness: www.healthline.com/health/feeling-numb#causes That's obviously another ordeal! For that one, it's important to consult specialists!

@@programaths I just looked up masking and I've actually been doing this for years, calling it "my mask problem". I didn't know it was so close to the official term for this 😧. I still have a lot of work to do though. I might've learned how to read the most basic emotions and some more complex ones but displaying what I feel in a way that matches with other people's "emotion deduction common sense" is still incredibly hard for me. Ex1: I might be feeling slightly annoyed but I'll look like I'm about to murder someone. Ex2: I might feel sad but will instead laugh. I've always been good at cold reading though. I can't read someone's face easily, but their whole body language usualy tells me all I need to know. The annoying part is that sometimes the people themselves don't admit it immediately for xyz reasons.

@@louisrobitaille5810 You should consult though, that advice still hold. It's not bad to see a psychiatrist and neurologist. Those can really pinpoint the issue if there is one besides "no luck, missing some mirror neurons". If you are generally appreciated by people, that's even more vital to consult. At worse, you'll lose a bit of money, at best, you may find out that it can be fixed! As an example, I was diagnosed with autism early on, when it wasn't really well known. In parallel, I was lucky to be gifted. That means I was able to compensate and be functioning. Though, when I entered the workforce and started to forcibly meet people, I encountered many novel situations in which I didn't any set of rules to follow. So, back to cell 1 and I acted "funny" and was also puzzled by people. Then I consulted a psychologist who evaluated me and told me that I just have to be patient as I internalized some behaviors (behaviors I exhibited without being able to explain besides "it's what is expected, right ?" and that I didn't do purposely) No medicine, nothing. So, you shouldn't be afraid. And even a diagnostic that sounds bad is not necessarily bad. As an example "psychopath" looks really bad, but there are good psychopath. The worse is just ignoring it and moving forward, it can develop in more troubling stuff that could be prevented by acting on it. As an example, I know that I am a bit paranoid, so my first response to any situation is seeking intent (and that mechanism also helps me to understand people), problem is that I have a bias for "bad intent". Because I know that, I can act on it and give a second thought to counter it. Left unchecked, I would resent everyone for no apparent reasons and turn crazy. Flip side: I became much more critical and objective. Really, would be good to consult. I wish you good luck!

@@programaths I'm actually looking for a psychologist right now to work on those issues and I've also been diagnosed with autism roughly 10 years ago so 🤷‍♂️. Some things are expected from my autism, others are separate things 🤷‍♂️.

@@louisrobitaille5810 Good you are tacking actions ^^ Those things are just plain weird, so it's normal that we don't know much even 30 years on. Two jobs good for autistic people: IT and teaching. (yes, teaching!) Have a nice day.

Good luck controlling the thoughts of your subconscious

@@Peacekeepa317 That was a Wayne Dyer/Zig Ziglar thing. It works for me…

@@martinblank4250 If a lion charged at you from under your bed...could you control your emotions with thoughts in that moment? How about someone almost killing you driving recklessly on the freeway? A twin sibling dying etc etc. Thoughts control emotion sometimes but not in every context. That's unrealistic

@@Peacekeepa317 but you are your subconscious mind tho

@@bullrun2772 That's like saying your toenail is your foot or your eyes are your face. It's a part of a whole that functions in a specific way.

Yes, a psychologist wrote this script.

middle school tier take

what do you mean?

Yes

Congratulations 👏