If you HAD TO remove one emotion, what would it be?

[Oblivion 20,266]

Sadness, it seems to lead to so many other undesirable emotions, and it would be nice if it didn't exist, sadly all of our emotions are what makes us humans.

[MarcelineA 126]

I would remove Love as well.

 

 

 

 

 

I realize this. 

 

 

 

Honestly, I would keep sadness.  

ok to each his own I just rather be angry than sad... being sad makes me feel weak and I like the feeling of toughness

[Delirium 208]

ok to each his own

 

 

Indeed! I should have said 'in my opinion', sorry about that. Hopefully I didn't come off as someone trying to change your opinion.

Edited May 1, 2014 by DragonFlame

[MarcelineA 126]

Indeed! I should have said 'in my opinion', sorry about that. Hopefully I didn't come off as someone trying to change your opinion.

nah it's cool no worries lol actually I'm sorry if you thought I was misinterpreting I tend to explain a lot idk why it just comes automatic like I always feel like people don't understand me (because I'm not clear) even though they actually do o.o

[Rainboom Dash 1,056]

I'd remove Stress. It'd help me with things a lot better.

[baba_booey 4,303]

Hate.

 

If Haters gonna Hate I got Princess Fluttershy on my side so they are TIGHT.

 

Or, just anger in general. I don't like getting so angry all the time, so..

[crazitaco 596]

Maybe embarassment.

Its such a stupid useless emotion.

[Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578]

Shyness. I swear to god, my unbelievable shyness is gonna be the death of me. It has stopped me from being able to talk to people and might even be the reason one girl I really really liked(but too shy to say anything to her) is now dating my best friend.

[Felix 1,363]

I would remove jealousy. Any of the other emotions aren't bothers for me. They're occasional and don't come to me often. But jealousy has the tendency to ruin friendships, and is just another form of hate. It can also cause actions you may regret.

[Adorkable 2,737]

Anxiety and Anger, nothing come from either of the two, just trouble. :/

[DDV 36]

Fear is an obvious choice, but science says that it's responsible for many of our decisions. I'd remove confusion. Clarity is best.

[Pineapple Bloom 511]

- Fear is neccessary when it comes to danger

- Anger is neccessary for a desire for justice (when it comes to the right situations)

- Sadness is neccessary because sad MLP fanfics are so heartwarming... Uh, I mean, because if we didn't feel sad we wouldn't try to make the world a happier place.

- Jealousy is neccessary because without it we wouldn't try to get better

 

There is one emotion I'd remove but I'm not sure if it's okay to say on this forum?

I'll just go with hatred. I think it's ok to dislike, or strongly dislike, but to feel the burning emotion of hatred for someone or something is not good.

[Lagom 204]

For myself it would either be jealousy, insecurity, anxiety, stress or paranoia. There's just been tims for me when I've wanted to remove them, because they caused a lot of trouble for me.

[FlutterShyForevee 8]

I'd remove hate, it's never done anything good for anypony, and most other emotions, even if they have downsides, can help us in one way or another, but hate, just, get rid of it.

 

[Hyper Tumble 1,483]

Embarrassment. that's the most useless emotion, because it stops you from doing what you want to do. 

[Hashi 323]

Anxiety and Anger, nothing come from either of the two, just trouble. :/

I gotta admit, anger at times can be used, and channeled like a tool. 

Think "dark side of the force" far stronger, but with less precision and control, so I for example just use it in lifting heavy things

But yes, at times it can be difficult to control

 

Is idleness an emotion? Because it can lead to laziness and procrastination, something I fall prey to far too often.

[~*bacon princess*~ 278]

From me; negativity against myself.

 

From others; Assholery.

[PartyWithPinkie 189]

It's a tie between fear and hate for me.

I would love to be completely fearless, but a world without hate sounds amazing.

[Milky Jade 138]

This is a malformed question. There is already a myriad of emotions I never got in the first place.

 

And I can function properly and happily without them.

 

If you're asking me to remove a secondary (emotions are reactions), you're asking me to remove "rewards" or "punishments".

While emotions are never a primary, they can still be an incentive. Truth time: Rewards are incentives.

But likewise, bad emotions may be designed to disincentivize you from something, so they're in a sense almost equally precious.

 

I think I'd have to go with irrational fear. It doesn't require much thinking, but these are my reasons I'm not getting rid of worry or sadness instead. I don't want to become a robot.

 

 

 

EDIT: This isn't to say that I think emotions are worth more than what they constitute reactions to.

THINKING THAT REMOVING EMOTIONS SOLVES A PROBLEM RELATED TO THAT EMOTION IS BABYISH.

YOU HAVE YOUR CAUSALITY MIXED UP, SIR.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Milky Jade

[ArakatekK 6]

Just a question: If you had to remove one emotion, what would it be?

I would remove shame.

 

Why?

 

Shame is a horrible thing, that actually shouldn't be there. Guilt isn't shame, by the way.

 

Let me tell you why Shame shouldn't exsist, shame is the act of feeing distressed of what you did. Shame stops from good things to happen, people being bronies for example. They are ashamed of what they enjoy or like at times, if you're a clopper you're probaby ashamed of being a clopper, another thing that you shouldn't feel. If you are different, and you're ashamed don't be. Guilt is different, let's say you Rape someone, feel guilty, you forced them in some way, and forcing someone should make you guilty, not ashamed. I believe that shame is a hurtful thing, and can lead to a lot of problems. There's no need for it in any way at all. Or, if there is there's to many bad things that come from it.

 

If the good is larger than the bad, or visa versa, then it's either good or not, black and white, simple. (Not the race black and white). Shame has led to suicide among a few of my friends, while guilt lead to coming clean and fessing up to what you've done. Shame has kept bronies hidden, or cloppers crying in a corner telling themselves that no one needs to know their fetishes.

 

I believe that the internet takes away from Shame greatly, and I think there's more good than bad on the internet, because people can be ANON's and can meet other people who share their views and such. (ERP) for a example is something people might be ashamed of. Clopping, furries, bronies, anything that's 'adnormal'. As you can see, shame has no need while guilt does!

[Milky Jade 138]

As you can see, shame has no need while guilt does!

I'm not sure I really see

 

You're essentially saying that the difference between shame and guilt lies in the wickedness or lack thereof inside

 

Are you familiar with the expression "shame on you!" ?

I won't attempt to standardize something that has been used interchangeably for years. You can feel ashamed for something bad you have done and recognize to be bad. You can feel guilty without reference to observers. You can feel embarrassed without actually recognizing to have done anything wrong. It all works.

 

But it doesn't work if you just assert that shame means this and guilt means that.

 

Wouldn't you agree that it's not really just the idea that you might be disliked or judged for something, but a reference to yourself, too? If you walked outside in the nude - where is that shame coming from? The latter, or the former?

 

Ask anyone for this: Would they, given the assurance that no consequence is waiting for them, walk naked in public - if nobody cared?

 

I'm confident that no, most of them wouldn't. People don't like to be seen naked. Similarly, they don't like to be seen or known to do and enjoy certain activities. If it really was the judgement of other people that made you feel ashamed, you wouldn't feel ashamed. It's not that shame is the fear of being prejudged. It's more akin to being coerced out of information you think is precious or jeopardizing.

[ArakatekK 6]

I'm not sure I really see

 

You're essentially saying that the difference between shame and guilt lies in the wickedness or lack thereof inside

 

Are you familiar with the expression "shame on you!" ?

I won't attempt to standardize something that has been used interchangeably for years. You can feel ashamed for something bad you have done and recognize to be bad. You can feel guilty without reference to observers. You can feel embarrassed without actually recognizing to have done anything wrong. It all works.

But it doesn't work if you just assert that shame means this and guilt means that.

 

Wouldn't you agree that it's not really just the idea that you might be disliked or judged for something, but a reference to yourself, too? If you walked outside in the nude - where is that shame coming from? The latter, or the former?

 

Ask anyone for this: Would they, given the assurance that no consequence is waiting for them, walk naked in public - if nobody cared?

 

I'm confident that no, most of them wouldn't. People don't like to be seen naked. Similarly, they don't like to be seen or known to do and enjoy certain activities. If it really was the judgement of other people that made you feel ashamed, you wouldn't feel ashamed. It's not that shame is the fear of being prejudged. It's more akin to being coerced out of information you think is precious or jeopardizing.

Eh, well, I guess I agree on some parts. 

 

But if no one cared they wouldn't be afraid to do so or embarrassed. You're embarrassed because of what others think of yourself, but if you see nothing wrong with it, and no one else does then there's no reason to be embarrassed.

Edited May 13, 2014 by ArakatekK

[Milky Jade 138]

Well, I guess, but I wasn't meaning to say it in that way.

 

You feel guilty when you think you have become astray from the moral standards, without any you wouldn't feel guilty, without knowing them you wont feel guilty. You don't feel embarrassed when you're ignorant and don't see that you've done anything wrong, it's impossible. You're embarrassed because you think you're doing something that un-normal, like guilt but different.

 

Embarrassment may go hand in hand with guilt. It depends on your integrity to what degree.

 

Like, you're doing group work in school (does that still exist?), let the project be taken care off by others, and then the teacher asks you to present your project. Your friends hand you their writings on the presentation.

 

You're screwed.

 

You will feel embarrassed because you have been coerced out of the information that you were placing your bets on being rewarded for your groupmates' work. Whether you will feel guilty, or not, this is like the last chance for you to be, if you haven't before.

 

Examples like this should be found by the hundreds, and considering the vastness of human population, I think numbers are playing in favour of my case. So yeah. We agree?

[ArakatekK 6]

Embarrassment may go hand in hand with guilt. It depends on your integrity to what degree.

 

Like, you're doing group work in school (does that still exist?), let the project be taken care off by others, and then the teacher asks you to present your project. Your friends hand you their writings on the presentation.

 

You're screwed.

 

You will feel embarrassed because you have been coerced out of the information that you were placing your bets on being rewarded for your groupmates' work. Whether you will feel guilty, or not, this is like the last chance for you to be, if you haven't before.

 

Examples like this should be found by the hundreds, and considering the vastness of human population, I think numbers are playing in favour of my case. So yeah. We agree?

I edited that actually, I saw my own faults in that post.

 

But, maybe my opinion is based off never have before experiencing something where it wasn't the cause of not being in the 'norm' that I was embarrassed or guilty (stealing for example made me guilty) and being called gay made me embarrassed. Both caused from not being in the 'norm'.

Edited May 13, 2014 by ArakatekK

[Milky Jade 138]

I edited that actually, I saw my own faults in that post.

 

But if no one cared they wouldn't be afraid to do so or embarrassed. You're embarrassed because of what others think of yourself, but if you see nothing wrong with it, and no one else does then there's no reason to be embarrassed.

 

Well, repeating yourself doesn't really make it true..

 

Think like: Walking in the nude doesn't make people think "what a weirdo" anymore.

 

But you're still nude, you're still walking in public, and people are still staring at you. Do people want to weigh this information against the nice feeling of being naked? Do you really think that the only reason we're covering our bodies is because there is this deep-rooted belief that you'll be an outcast if you didn't?

 

Social norms prevent people from doing things in public. It has never stopped them, nor has it made them feel embarrassed. I specifically stated it like this because people do care what others think, and telling them "it's a meaningless emotion #yolo" isn't going to get rid of it. You have to first understand an emotion in reference to yourself.

What is ultimately creating that shame depends on your values.

 

How should I put it? Think... yeah, think about spheres. Everyone has their own sphere centered around their core.

It can be made smaller, greater, and permissible, and impenetrable. The degree to which they are able to superimpose with other people's spheres can be tuned by the individual.

 

Shame is created when someone is scraping at or downright invading that part of your sphere which you have made inaccessible to others. It's a sense of loss. If your integrity allows for it, you might just feel guilty for being exposed, but nevertheless, still ashamed.

 

Now: telling people that their sphere should be on full-permeable mode at all times does not get rid of shame, because it creates a state in which all information may be lost to anyone's whims at any time. You literally lost your only means to contain something worth being ashamed for. It is the opposite of what you wanted to achieve: Instead of maybe being prejudged, you're now being judged with full conscience.

 

And if that isn't going to create a torrential flux of shame, then what is?