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What's the worst emotion one can feel?

I've always thought of emotions as being intelligent.

With few exceptions, emotions are really intelligent ways of dealing with the world. When you're sad, it's obvious something is not fine, and it makes you uncomfortable; when you're enraged, it gives you the necessary strength to do what has to be done; and, obviously, when you're happy, you reward yourself for being in bliss. The irrational side of emotion, as I see it, is no different then logic going astray. Emotions are engagements with the world, and I believe they're responsible for tuning us in.

But tonight, I felt something I had never felt before. I was told a former classmate of mine passed away last weekend, and instead of the usual shock and compassion you feel at this time, I felt scorn and contempt. I understand why I felt that way: the guy embraced pretty much everything that I avoid in my life - he's a basement dweller (so to speak) in his early thirties, a misogynist bigot, did nothing but spend money on cartoons, was stuck in the first semester at university for years (and never managed to move on), and I believe he must've eaten to death (he failed to wake up, and weighed more than me and my brother together). However, this is none of my business, and my harshness towards him makes me feel horrible - to not follow that path is my choice, and I can't blame him for having chosen another life. Maybe because of his intolerance overall, I felt free to think of him with complete disregard. But, no matter how much I rationalise about it, it sucks.

That's why I think scorn is, by far and away, the worst emotion you can feel. But, I could be missing something here. In your opinion, what do you think is the most undesirable emotion there is?

Ok I'll bite, who scorned you Lira?

Well, I've always found guilt to be quite a useless emotion

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Originally posted by bas Ok I'll bite, who scorned you Lira?

I feel scorn at bas for not having read the OP before posting a response.

ive always considered emotions to be the polar opposite of intelligence.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I feel scorn at bas for not having read the OP before posting a response.

lol oops

guilt for sure... especially when there's nothing you can do to turn back the clock.

For me personally, it's guilt.

guilt if its towards someone
shame if its towards yourself.

I'd say rejection.

I think apathy gets you nowhere , I usually try to stay away from people that tend to have that very marked in their personality

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Originally posted by bas I'd say rejection.

You mean being rejected?

guilt, regret, loneliness.

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Originally posted by bas Ok I'll bite, who scorned you Lira?

Me? No one

Why? First you think I'm bragging, now you think someone scorned me just because I (rather intimately) felt scorn for someone's demise. What impression am I giving you, exactly? Perhaps it was not on purpose

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN ive always considered emotions to be the polar opposite of intelligence.

That's how we usually think of them, I reckon. But, think about a person that shows no emotion, but has an outstanding intelligence: would you really say that's a desirable human trait? And that this person is fit to live in society? That'd turn out to be an autistic psychopath

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Originally posted by djhaziel I think apathy gets you nowhere , I usually try to stay away from people that tend to have that very marked in their personality

Apathy is kind of the opposite of emotion...

Re: What's the worst emotion one can feel?

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Originally posted by Lira That's why I think scorn is, by far and away, the worst emotion you can feel. But, I could be missing something here. In your opinion, what do you think is the most undesirable emotion there is?

Without scorn there could be no greatness in the world. Without scorn, there would be no peer pressure and no-self motivation. We would all be languishing in mediocrity.

For me, the worst emotion is the absence of feeling altogether. Complete apathy. I don't really experience it these days, but in my teens I had minor depressive episodes charaterised by a complete disconnection from emotion. It's a strange feeling that I can only really equate to despair - despair at your inabilty to interact in a meaningful way with the outside world or enjoy things that you should. I can only imagine what full-blown clinical depression is like.

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Originally posted by djhaziel I think apathy gets you nowhere , I usually try to stay away from people that tend to have that very marked in their personality

You mean empathy?

jealousy is terrible

when a woman starts crying for no reason and you want to punch her for silence.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles You mean being rejected?

Yes.

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Originally posted by Lira Me? No one Why? First you think I'm bragging, now you think someone scorned me just because I (rather intimately) felt scorn for someone's demise. What impression am I giving you, exactly? Perhaps it was not on purpose

I just read your original post wrong, my fault

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Apathy is kind of the opposite of emotion...

Very true apathy is the suppression of emotions, I guess if we were talking about colors it would be compared to black.

Then again black is not a color... but in practice it still is.

Pity.

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Originally posted by Lira But, think about a person that shows no emotion, but has an outstanding intelligence: would you really say that's a desirable human trait?

you mean like arbiter?

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Originally posted by Lira And that this person is fit to live in society? That'd turn out to be an autistic psychopath

I certainly don�t think emotions are bad or whatnot, I just see them as opposite rational thought processes, though obviously they both mingle together at parties.

People obviously need both to be �well-rounded� or functional members of their social sphere. But I still see intelligence as thinking, and emotions as feeling, therefore different.

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Originally posted by Arbiter Pity.

look here robot-man, you're about as reliable a source on this topic as ******** is on sensible eating standards!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I certainly don�t think emotions are bad or whatnot, I just see them as opposite rational thought processes, though obviously they both mingle together at parties. People obviously need both to be �well-rounded� or functional members of their social sphere. But I still see intelligence as thinking, and emotions as feeling, therefore different.

I agree with this. The intelligent individual knows when to disregard their emotions or bend to them. Whether or not they can is a different matter altogether. Emotions will do their best to get in the way of rational thought.

Arbiter, care to explain why you think pity is the worst emotion that can be experienced? Or were you being facetious?

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