Feeling hungry is the only way to experience hunger, feeling thirsty is the only way to experience thirst, feeling physical pain is the only way to experience physical pain, and feeling sleepy is the...
I do realize we can at least get some amount of happy emotions out of life and that's a good thing. But, still, it would be much better if we could have them all we wanted to. Positive emotions are...
I personally think happy emotions are the only things that can make life worth living. Since they're fleeting, then a life that's worth living is also fleeting....
If a person loses his voice, he can no longer sing. If a person loses his legs, he can no longer walk. If a person loses his sight and hearing, he can no longer see and hear. Likewise, when a person...
I realize positive emotions are fleeting and rely on luck. If you're someone who struggles with chronic depression, then you're unlucky since you don't have them. But, if you're someone who's happy...
I sensed a bit of sarcasm and/or disappointment. I didn't intend to provoke you in any way. I am very well open minded towards the possibility that there's more beauty to life than positive...
You're right. Gratification is a positive emotion. But I'm talking about people who can't feel positive emotions due to brain defects or other factors such as people struggling with chronic...
Here are some responses and replies relevant to our discussion. They are only a few in number: [u]Other Person's Response: You know what? I think the difference between us is that I do not see...
When I talk about having a positive outlook on life, I mean a life that has value for an individual because, when a person has a positive outlook, that means things in this life have beauty and...
Based upon my own personal experience, my thoughts and beliefs do not allow me to have a positive outlook on life and it's only my positive emotions that do. Positive emotions are very fleeting...
Thank you. I am not going to give up. If I found myself struggling with depression or an absence of positive emotions, then I would try my best to regain those positive emotions. If I can't, then I...
I would describe positive emotions as some life force or flow of energy within our conscious being. This life force makes us alive on the inside since it makes our whole entire reality perceived as...
[u]Summary Of My Worldview: I think we as human beings have a sense that people are unaware of and deny. It is a whole new sense that scientists around the world have yet to discover. This sense is...
I am the opposite of Spok. I only find value in my life through my emotions and not through my intellect and morals. Also, I think there really are positive and negative emotions just as how there...
A positive emotion is actually a state of mind where our brains are getting the message that things, moments, and situations in our lives are something good, beautiful, and worth living for. Without...
But by saying that emotions are merely a matter of feeling well and unwell and that it is instead other things in life which are good and bad, then that places more importance upon other things. I...
Thanks. I do try to keep a positive and relaxed mindset during my miserable moments even though I do feel violent sometimes since I need my positive emotions back into my life. I also do get the...
What are you saying here? Are you saying that there really is another way my life can have real good value and worth independent of my positive emotions and that my worldview is only alienating and...
I think there is a way I can make my argument make sense to you and others. I just need to keep trying and I will get there. I have actually recently edited something in my previous post and I think...
What I'm always confused by is the interpretation others have of my posts. What I have said was that positive emotions are what bring my life good value since mindsets alone never have during my...
Many people would tell you that, if you want your life to have good value, joy, beauty, love, and worth, to have a positive mindset where you believe that your life is good, beautiful, joyful,...
Positive emotions can only make our lives matter to us in good ways, negative emotions can only make our lives matter to us in bad ways, while having no emotions at all would only render our lives...
Understood. I won't post that long essay here. Therefore, my only goal here is to summarize my worldview in such a way that people get the right interpretation of it. I have attempted many summaries...
Alright, so let me just say that qualities such as good value, bad value, suffering, joy, love, beauty, hate, etc. are the higher qualities. In order to perceive these qualities, then that requires...
It's a theory that could change the world. That is the reason why it is vital that I go in great length to fully discuss it. We currently rely on our value judgments to give value to our lives and I...
I have written an entire essay that explains my whole philosophy for others to gain insight to such as therapists and mental health professionals as well as philosophers. Would you like to read it?...
It was only during that moment you were in a good mood that you could experience the beauty. But without any good moods whatsoever, then you cannot experience the beauty. This is because our good...
Here, let me give you something else in an attempt to make my worldview clear: I think people need their good moods/feelings (their feel-good chemical/neurotransmitter induced states of well being)...
I am going to express what's on my mind in regards to how I see a depressed life. I will present it in the form of a hypothesis/philosophy as well as a brief explanation: Hypothesis/Philosophy: Our...
Well, first off, I need my good moods/feelings to experience love because, according to my story/analogue, my good moods/feelings are everything to life and they are the only things that can give me...
I do interact with other people. I wouldn't want to be alone. But, like I said, it is only through my good moods/feelings such as being excited and having fun playing sports or doing hobbies with my...
Exactly. The most harmful and cruel sociopath can think and believe that he/she loves his/her family, but he/she has no idea what love is. He/she would not be perceiving any real love towards...
As for everything I have explained to you, do you not realize that this could be a revolution that could change the world? I have finally come to the realization that value judgments do not give any...
I have always had this worldview my whole entire life. I just could not find a way to perfectly articulate it. All my previous attempts had failed. However, I think I have finally hit the jackpot...
I'm glad you are the first one to respond to my explanation/story. This is actually my most important topic because it perfectly conveys my worldview unlike my other ones. I just hope that others...
Summary of My Philosophy (Spiritual Universe): I do not believe in god, the afterlife, and the paranormal. I am undecided and keep an open mind. But I am going to use a spiritual metaphor/analogy...
The version of happiness you are pointing out would be having good value and worth in your life. It would be the notion that even if you didn't feel good, you still got things done in life anyway. I...
But, again, why should my non perceived value matter if I can't actually perceive it? As far as I would be concerned, there really would be no value in my life at all as long as I could not perceive...
But it would only do you good when you can actually perceive that value. Otherwise, you and your life have no value and worth to you. This would even include altruistic endeavors having no value and...
But what would it matter even if the person did have value and worth? The person without his/her good moods/feelings wouldn't be able to actually perceive that value and worth in his/herself....
I have my own personal definition of value, worth, joy, beauty, and happiness that might be different than how most people define those terms. It is my own philosophy in regards to feeling good and...
[i]once again, I deleted most of your post do to 'inflammatory' subject matter. If you are purposely trying to trigger members, action will be taken. Review the rules and guidelines, they can be...
I got rid of the terms 'spiritually profound' and 'chemical induced' since they are misleading terms. You and others here took those terms the wrong way....
What I meant by the word 'spiritual' was not anything oriented around religion, mysticism, etc. I just simply meant an experience that is a powerful beautiful experience in my life and not some...
I would like to begin by saying that my good feelings (good moods) of happiness, joy, beauty, love, inspiration, drive, etc. are the only experiences that give value to my life and composing and they...
posted edited per rule #3. If any of us have something bad happen to us such as an illness or some other horrible event, then that makes us ***of more and more horrible things/illnesses in our...
Thank you, but if I ever become depressed and anhedonic again and it is something that I have to live with, then I will since my happiness and enjoyment is all I have to make everything in my life...
I am finally out of this traumatic experience, I finally have my happiness and motivation back to me again, and I do not need any medication. But this packet is still important for you to be aware of...
The types of experiences I have in my nightmares during depression are nothing normal. When I am experiencing misery from some horrible event in my life, then I have nightmares and the experiences I...
There is a serious situation in my life right now. It is a constant obsessive worry that has taken my life away from me. It is a situation that is so serious, that I know there is no way to rid of...