Are Emotions Necessary for Human Survival?
We think differently when we feel something. Our actions can be easily manipulated by how we feel about a situation. I honestly think that most of the time, it becomes the basis of what we say and what we do. The words that will come out of our mouth whenever we feel anger can and will be different if we say those words when we feel happy. Although there are people who can control their emotions when they are doing something important, the concept of feeling differently can have a massive negative impact.
We will sudden feelings which, at most times, it wasn't planned so we don't know which thought to go. If we got carried by the tense situation, we will do things that are out of our league to the point that it will lead to uncomfortable actions.
Emotional responses assist us to connect effectively with other people, including when we experience sadness and could use some comfort. Whenever we have a problem and we want somebody to listen to us to be able to rant and get that burst words out for us to feel better and we have no one for us, it will just make everything worse. The worst is that when you say it to someone and they say something like, "Just deal with it" or "It will pass soon.", they don't really care about how you feel and how the situation affected you. I know that we can't really force people to say something that we want to hear, but at the time, if a person has a big problem, we have to think twice whenever we open our mouths. This is why there are people who commit suicide because it will end the pain since no one else cares. Most of the time, when a person experiences a sad or painful situation, there are people who want them to say something, but when these victims do that, they are just being defined as over-dramatic. That's why these people just keep everything to themselves to be able to at least not increase the pain inside.
Emotions also can help us to behave rapidly in key situations. If there's a fire, the first you will feel is fear and panic. Not everybody is trained to be able to react properly when there is a fire in an establishment or in a house. We will positively have different responses. Some people might get all-important belongings, even if they are heavy to be carried out, some people will rush to their loved ones to be able to save them, some will put out the fire first, and some will just go straight outside to be safe. We can't blame those who are only trying to save themselves because they have been in a situation where no one wants and no one tends to wish to happen.
Whenever you're going to cross the road and notice a car approaching faster than usual, panic makes you jump back onto the roadside. The next thing you feel is anger because the driver must be drunk or just be a block-headed human being. There are people who really don't care about the people around them, as long as they are living and breathing nicely, they will not tend to think twice about hurting somebody.
I actually like true crime horror stories. It's not really a good vibe for someone who grew up in a conservative family since crime horror stories tell the story of both the victims and the criminals. Like there is a case that turned into a movie that talks about a daughter who was locked in a basement for over two decades and got impregnated by her own father, I actually don't like watching the movie version because whenever there is a rape scene, I feel uncomfortable. At the same time, I just want to punch that guy in the throat. Although I don't really think that there will come a time that I will hurt somebody physically because that's just inhuman action, you never really know what life is and what life has to offer. What's really bogging about the case is that the mother doesn't even notice a single different thing about her husband. Like I know there is this thing called woman intuition, which I think most women have or even probably all of us have, where we will have that gut feeling that something smells fishy and we need to at least do something. Well, I was told before that if a person doesn't have a conscience, the feeling of pity will never get in the way.
Emotions trigger responses. We may not like how we respond to a situation, but it's normal behavior, based on how we are as human beings. My normal response might be different from yours since we think differently, even if we are in the same boat.
