Over the past few weeks, I went down a rabbit hole of reading about emotions... I hope you find this video useful! (Despite it's little dive into Psych 101 emotional theory) And enjoy the lesser-known emotions and cultural expressions I've thrown in there. If you're looking for the accurate pronunciation for Gezelligheid, thanks to my Patron TheCitiCatGod for this recording :D drive.google.com/file/d/1cYgSx0WH2DERBpdEjRzDCZSgQnJmhK-4/view?usp=sharing
That word looks Dutch to me, very similar to the German "Geselligkeit". I understand it as like being on a large party and having fun. Oktoberfest is too commercial to fit in here.
I had no idea it can sound like 'Godzilla-hate', which is awesome! :) Another recording for comparison: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Nl-gezelligheid.ogg
I can't speak for psychologists, but having just completed a neuroscience degree, I can attest that lions, tigers, *and* bears are all very common things encountered in one's everyday studies of the brain 😂
@ecosophist And we return to the fact that I have a degree in neuroscience, not psychology, so my knowledge/interest in psychology is limited… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You got me thinking about how I feel. And then I wondered how I feel about how I feel. Now I have feelings about how I feel about how I feel. Or maybe it's emotions.
4:56 I'm Polish and żal (with a dot over z) doesn't really mean what you said. It means more something like regret or sadness (and is a noun). Feeling of an irretrivable loss, predominantly after a death, is called żałoba or być w żałobie and English has words for it - it's mouring or be in mourning.
I second that. There is nothing unusual about that word and it translates directly to regret in English. There is a verb form of żal - żałować. There isn't a great deal of emotional load in that word.
@@EditioCastigata Kind of. Take pity would translate to użalać się/użalić się. Self-pity would translate to użalanie się nad sobą. Pity would translate to użalić się nad kimś. I don't know any context where pity as a noun would translate to something as żal though.
Huh thank you for pointing that out! My reference for that was the “book of human emotions” at the start but I should have checked it over with a native speaker. I will add a correction in the description
It is interesting to think about how emotions are all about our frame of mind. This makes me wonder if we classify some positive emotions as negative and vice versa, or if such mis-classifications exist in other cultures/languages.
Classifying emotions into positive and negative is inherently subjective. Even sadness can be accepted as a positive process of processing negative inputs. Or it can be interpreted resentfully, making it weigh a lot more negatively. With such a subjective classification it is only natural and common to “misclassify” them - or rather, you could say, they could be classified in other ways and to different degrees. Interpreting very positively is never a problem. But interpreting them very negatively can be. Doing so is a learned pattern, an auto response, and can occur especially with triggers that hit some assumptions or negative thoughts. I’ve used the reinterpretation of tense (/stressed up/anxious) into excited before, and at least if the emotion/previous interpretation is not too powerful it can definitely work. I’m sure some or most of us interpret some emotions more negatively than would be reasonable or possible. Our terminology definitely shapes our classification and interpretation. The less classification categories we have, and the less trained/insightful we are, the more broadly we will interpret and categorize them.
The best thing I learned about emotions, is that there is always a reason you're feeling the way you do. I always used to hate when I got sad or angry because it's "uncomfortable" and "vulnerable" but when I changed the way I thought about them from "wow I can't control myself" to "well this makes evolutionary sense, this was supposed to protect me once upon a time", it made me less hard on myself and was a better mentality overall.
I can express emotions *JUST* don't deal with them very well. It I guess is why I'm bad at relationships {both social and romantic}. I guess I value trust allot sooner to a relationship than other people and then get angry & "lash-out" , causing a falling out with the other person. *SO MUCH* want to reconcile although makes it *SO MUCH HARDER* when the other person is a Social Media friend who lives in Dallas {on the other side of the world}. I feel the same emotions at recurring events, just sometimes reacting differently based on lessons learned from the past. Although then at times I 2nd guess my "proper" judgment about alternative reaction given and doubt weather I should've reacted with previous behavior. 😟😭 ▶️🧠☯️ 💬
Properly recognizing and communicating one's actual emotions and experiences is both critical, and unfortunately, seemingly rarely practiced by caregivers and correctly taught to patients in the (American) mental healthcare industry. A description commonly used even beyond the initial diagnosis like "depression" can be felt as and can be described as a thousand other more specific words, far more unique to each individual; but as individuals within society most of us were never given the tools or encouragement to approach ourselves creatively. As always, thanks to BrainCraft for the constructive content.
a better idea than new words is actually taking the time to evaluate WHY you are feeling whatever you are feeling. by understanding your emotions, you better your chances of using them correctly, no matter what you choose to call them.
I feel like this channel is what I need, I'm going to have to watch every video a few times over. Amazingly insightful, and make sense of what I overlook daily, even things I already knew but slowly pushed to the back of my mind to my detriment.
Once in a lecture about motivation i was told that the main difference between Emotions and Fellings is about how emotions are a response towards a situation, and a felling last more and usually it’s fixed to people or objects.
Some can live with just red, green and blue and they find these 3 colours plenty. Others need crimson, amaranth, carmine, ruddy - these are just some shades of red. Same with emotions/feelings - I could sufficiently describe how I feel with just fine, sad and 'meh'. Anything more requires unreasonable amounts of brain power and going through dictionaries.
I have only seen the video to 1:25 (so I am not sure how Vanessa will define it), but I personally think a feeling can be a physical OR mental state, while emotion is only mental.
@@EditioCastigata Oh, definitely not. 'Żal' is ussualy (and correctly) translated as 'regret', but it has, hmmm... very bitter taste of something/someone-passed-and-there-is-no-way-to-revoke-it.
0:43 I'm Dutch and gezelligheid is pronounced like this: For ge: take the gu from gus For ze: take the ze from gazelle For ll: take the l from light For i: take the i from continous For the g: don't pronounce it like guh, but like gh (or Google it if this is too vague) H is normal For ei: take I as in me, and say it like you're bored For d: take the t from train Say it with me: gu-ze-l-i-gh-h-I-t Concrats you can now say something Dutch! Wat een gezelligheid!
As a Polish native speaker I must admit you pronounced and explained 'żal' correctly, bravo! ;) And yes, I really believe in strong connection between language and perception of reality, it's working as much for emotions, as it surprisingly is (what Hopi taught us) for concept of time. Also - keep on making those great videos, greetings from Cracow!
In my experience, the difference between emotions and feelings (if one exists) is that emotions are a bit more internal and introspective while feelings are less internal and also more real-time. Emotions are more tied to thought, feelings are more tied to actions (mine or someone else's).
I am so happy you exist and you do what you do. You are one of my role models now. Science communication is so important to the world, especially for women. Thank you!
The language barrier doesn't always help to describe emotions. When you say "I miss you" what are you feeling? What is that emotion? In Portuguese it's called saudade, other languages associate it to nostalgia. Learning other languages also help. Vanessa, eu sinto saudade de quando demora a aparecer.
Words that describe our emotions are like scalers that our inner I/soul uses to associate how we feel our outer personhood is harmonizing with the cultural physical world.
I commented on the last video, about problem/solution balance. Just wanted to say this video was just great! Very interesting stuff. Now you’re sending me down a rabbit hole as well. :)
Unintentionally funny line at 3:23. "You'd have the same pounding heart from the bear or a friend you are racing." You are only racing your friend because the bear will eat the loser.
Nice subject! My emotions are very important to me because, I believe that's what make us being ourselves and unique and sometimes there are no words for what we are experience even if we try to learn them in a book. That's why artists express and stimulate emotions in all shorts of non-verbal ways... by the way... did Vanessa got lost in the park? 😃😋😵
I'm pretty sure emotions work through a kind of Bayesian updating. Under limited information we tend to feel one of the universal emotions described by Paul Ekman, and as we experience more that initial feeling is refined into things like schadenfreude and gezelligheid. It's almost exactly like the movement from a hypothesis to a refined theory. Categorically I'd say feelings are a more fleeting species of the genus 'Emotion', more clearly differentiated when compared to peers within that genus such as moods, passions, and drives. All are emotions (an intuitive sense of a situation), but structured according to their length and intensity.
Emotions and feelings can be the greatest liars in our lives. Why do we so easily accept them at face value? And why assign them so much validity? I find it much better to test them before accepting them. Because so often my feelings aren't a great fit for the situation, and taking a moment to "process" my feelings generally avoids lots of "mistaken impressions".
Emotions are our (evolutionary established) quick response system with acting suggestions. We form our thought patterns and emotional response systems when growing up, through various means, experiences and predisposition. This quick response system can be trained into something not always or even rarely appropriate for the situation. Especially today, where we live very different lives than when we developed this trait. So if you can see these acting suggestions often not fitting the situation you do very well questioning them and applying conscious corrections. Doing so requires a bit more effort and energy, but it allows us to take actions that seem more appropriate to us.
I've always thought the chemical reactions and the neural signals in our brain are interpreted as emotions in our brain and the interpretation often depends on the external factors of an individual's existence, i.e. Social Engineering, Cultural Conditioning, Academic Conditioning, etc. etc.
Right now I'm pretty sure I'm feeling more than one emotion at once. Things are pretty complicated right now. But what I usually use describing my emotions for is to predict how I might respond to different situations that might come up in the near future. Also, how does mood factor into all of this?
Probably a feeling of being exposed and vulnerable, both physically and mentally, like if you were dumped out naked in the middle of the wilderness on a cold night
Ongezelligheid? I don't really know. I guess that would be the feeling you get when people get annoyed with each other at a party and just start making mean comments.
I felt nostalgia watching this hearing your aussie accent and wondering if that walking track was either in the central highlands or the Dandenongs ... :-) But here in Germany they have a thing called Gemütlichkeit which is like the dutch term you mention. Sort of like coziness but also social. And not to forget hygge the danish term which even has its own magazine here.
I'd love to learn more about the relationship between languages and feelings. For example, I think it's interesting how US influence has caused Spanish to create the word "estresado" for "stressed," a term we use a lot in both cultures. Would being able to say that mean they are more or less stressed than before...?
Suggesting somebody just reinterpret their anxiety as excitement is insulting to people who struggle with anxiety. It’s akin to telling somebody with depression to just be happier (or someone with a broken leg to just walk it off). You can’t think yourself out of mental health issues that affect your brain chemistry. Maybe “anxiety” was meant in a more general term and not clinical, but I would suggest using “nervousness” in that context so there isn’t confusion. And likewise using A”sadness” in place of “depression” if you’re not talking about a physiological disorder.
I really liked how you constructed this video. I always do. I liked your drawings and how you combined them with your dialogue. I also liked how you put yourself walking outside into the video. Have you ever heard the jazz song, 'Mood Indigo?' You should look it up. See if you can relate.
Did you change the mic and/or place where you record the voiceover? It sounds cleaner than older videos. Does calling them "videos" make me sound old? Like when I use the sentence "I saw it on the internet" ? >
Have you read Lisa Feldman Barrett's book How Emotions are Made? It's not contradictory to what you're saying here (especially about reframing sensations). It did seem to be more revelatory to me though, totally changing the way I think about thinking (broadly) and of course how that specifically relates to emotions. It also severely lowered the confidence I put into my observations.
A variety of emotions flowing. Abondaned but hopeful. I was wondering can your mood affect the energy of a room? Like every one else gets uncomfortable or awkward?
Perhaps you can elucidate it for me, but I have some memory of having learned in one of my classes that people who are paralyzed from the neck down often report not feeling emotions as intensely as they did prior to their paralysis. If I remembered this correctly, is it possible evidence of the two-factor theory of emotion, since they are presumably not getting the same amount of physiological feedback to fuel the emotions?
I definitely would check out the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows UA-cam channel, where the creator tries to come up with new appropriate terms for specific obscure feelings that we have.
I was feeling Zal about being locked out of my emails and I’m sure that my less than even-tempered response invoked Schadenfreude in the witnesses to it. I am, however, feeling relieved now that I have regained access, despite the time that was lost as a result.
Gezelligheid has some similarities with ‘cosy’, but also has some differences. ‘Cosy’ would be ‘knus’ in Dutch, which is different. Pretty hard to explain...
A dutch person here. It is funny how you totally butchered the pronunciation of gezelligheid. I initially did not even recognize it when I was only listening. A lot of English speakers have trouble with the harsh g we have in dutch, so I can forgive that, but also your pronunciation of the vowels is off. For example listen to the Google translate pronunciation. Other than that a great video.
@@braincraft Well, you're kind of in luck. I made a video about pronouncing Dutch author names (out of frustration, because those UA-camrs didn't even make effort to try). I don't know if it's top quality, but you may be able to learn a bit of pronunciation there ;)
Man, English doesn't have the words I want to use to describe my emotions/feelings at the moment. Even in one of my two mother tongues I need to think on it for a while, but Frisian definitely has specific words for certain things English uses entire sentences for (same goes for Dutch and German)
But let's try describing my emotions (this is a bit of a challenge for my autistic brain). I feel a bit off, like not completely in the center of it all. I feel a bit foggy as well, like my normal clarity and focus is missing (says something, because I also have ADD). And I feel a bit down. I think I know where it comes from, so I know it'll go away, which makes it easier to give it a place in my brain. Let me now go to a video of innocent enjoyment by watching someone slowly complete a challenge in Pokemon Let's Go :D
Dunno if I would call gezelligheid an emotion, it's not like Dutch people say "I'm feeling gezellig". It's more of a description of having a good time with a group of people.
the current definitions of "emotions" tends to be based on english centric cultures... other cultures (and languages) express feelings/ emotions differently. I know this cause I'm lucky to bi-lingual for 2 languages that are massively different. All i know, for example, is the words "I love you" mean different things, and to express the same emotion western english based idea of "i love you" in another language I don't use the same words in English.... its just different... and us multi-lingual people get it... we are juat frustrated with you Phd that only know 1 language...
Perfect opportunity to instead interpret it as “excited”. Tell yourself you are excited for the new beginning, possibly new opportunities and experiences.
Over the past few weeks, I went down a rabbit hole of reading about emotions... I hope you find this video useful! (Despite it's little dive into Psych 101 emotional theory) And enjoy the lesser-known emotions and cultural expressions I've thrown in there.
If you're looking for the accurate pronunciation for Gezelligheid, thanks to my Patron TheCitiCatGod for this recording :D drive.google.com/file/d/1cYgSx0WH2DERBpdEjRzDCZSgQnJmhK-4/view?usp=sharing
That word looks Dutch to me, very similar to the German "Geselligkeit". I understand it as like being on a large party and having fun. Oktoberfest is too commercial to fit in here.
I had no idea it can sound like 'Godzilla-hate', which is awesome! :)
Another recording for comparison: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Nl-gezelligheid.ogg
Just found you and you earned a sub. Fascinated by the research btw👏
I loved this portrait and investigation. I wish I could pronounce that word for a cosy feeling!
Excellent music choice. Very beautifully made video.
I feel like psychologists run into a lot more bears than is normal
I can't speak for psychologists, but having just completed a neuroscience degree, I can attest that lions, tigers, *and* bears are all very common things encountered in one's everyday studies of the brain 😂
ecosophist I think that’s more moral philosophers usually…
@ecosophist And we return to the fact that I have a degree in neuroscience, not psychology, so my knowledge/interest in psychology is limited… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You got me thinking about how I feel. And then I wondered how I feel about how I feel. Now I have feelings about how I feel about how I feel. Or maybe it's emotions.
4:56 I'm Polish and żal (with a dot over z) doesn't really mean what you said. It means more something like regret or sadness (and is a noun). Feeling of an irretrivable loss, predominantly after a death, is called żałoba or być w żałobie and English has words for it - it's mouring or be in mourning.
I second that. There is nothing unusual about that word and it translates directly to regret in English. There is a verb form of żal - żałować. There isn't a great deal of emotional load in that word.
@@wojciechgregorkiewicz2415 Well żal means regret but it also can mean sadness so you couldn't replace żal with regret every time.
How about "pity", including self-pity. An adequate translation?
@@EditioCastigata Kind of. Take pity would translate to użalać się/użalić się. Self-pity would translate to użalanie się nad sobą. Pity would translate to użalić się nad kimś. I don't know any context where pity as a noun would translate to something as żal though.
Huh thank you for pointing that out! My reference for that was the “book of human emotions” at the start but I should have checked it over with a native speaker. I will add a correction in the description
It is interesting to think about how emotions are all about our frame of mind. This makes me wonder if we classify some positive emotions as negative and vice versa, or if such mis-classifications exist in other cultures/languages.
Classifying emotions into positive and negative is inherently subjective.
Even sadness can be accepted as a positive process of processing negative inputs. Or it can be interpreted resentfully, making it weigh a lot more negatively.
With such a subjective classification it is only natural and common to “misclassify” them - or rather, you could say, they could be classified in other ways and to different degrees.
Interpreting very positively is never a problem. But interpreting them very negatively can be. Doing so is a learned pattern, an auto response, and can occur especially with triggers that hit some assumptions or negative thoughts.
I’ve used the reinterpretation of tense (/stressed up/anxious) into excited before, and at least if the emotion/previous interpretation is not too powerful it can definitely work.
I’m sure some or most of us interpret some emotions more negatively than would be reasonable or possible.
Our terminology definitely shapes our classification and interpretation. The less classification categories we have, and the less trained/insightful we are, the more broadly we will interpret and categorize them.
The best thing I learned about emotions, is that there is always a reason you're feeling the way you do.
I always used to hate when I got sad or angry because it's "uncomfortable" and "vulnerable" but when I changed the way I thought about them from "wow I can't control myself" to "well this makes evolutionary sense, this was supposed to protect me once upon a time", it made me less hard on myself and was a better mentality overall.
I sit back, close my eyes and hear the hole video until I figure out it ends and you didn't say we can open the eyes xD
Whoops...
Still u sitting with your eyes closed?
@@Jessie_Jungle nop, but i wish i do
Ngl, that was sus, Cyan
As a person who cannot handle emotions and cannot express them, this helped alot thx
I can express emotions *JUST* don't deal with them very well. It I guess is why I'm bad at relationships {both social and romantic}. I guess I value trust allot sooner to a relationship than other people and then get angry & "lash-out" , causing a falling out with the other person. *SO MUCH* want to reconcile although makes it *SO MUCH HARDER* when the other person is a Social Media friend who lives in Dallas {on the other side of the world}. I feel the same emotions at recurring events, just sometimes reacting differently based on lessons learned from the past. Although then at times I 2nd guess my "proper" judgment about alternative reaction given and doubt weather I should've reacted with previous behavior. 😟😭 ▶️🧠☯️ 💬
Properly recognizing and communicating one's actual emotions and experiences is both critical, and unfortunately, seemingly rarely practiced by caregivers and correctly taught to patients in the (American) mental healthcare industry. A description commonly used even beyond the initial diagnosis like "depression" can be felt as and can be described as a thousand other more specific words, far more unique to each individual; but as individuals within society most of us were never given the tools or encouragement to approach ourselves creatively.
As always, thanks to BrainCraft for the constructive content.
The dictionary of obscure sorrows.
Consider checking out The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, found words for some emotions I never knew I had!
Three months later, but thanks for the suggestion, very interesting
Really thank you!
i agree =3
a better idea than new words is actually taking the time to evaluate WHY you are feeling whatever you are feeling.
by understanding your emotions, you better your chances of using them correctly, no matter what you choose to call them.
My favorite Swedish word is "vårkänslor" which means the feelings of excitement and rebirth you feel when it's spring.
I feel like this channel is what I need, I'm going to have to watch every video a few times over. Amazingly insightful, and make sense of what I overlook daily, even things I already knew but slowly pushed to the back of my mind to my detriment.
Nice and relaxing forest tour. I like it when youtubers incorporate nature 👍😊
Once in a lecture about motivation i was told that the main difference between Emotions and Fellings is about how emotions are a response towards a situation, and a felling last more and usually it’s fixed to people or objects.
This is so interesting! Thanks Vanessa!!
Some can live with just red, green and blue and they find these 3 colours plenty. Others need crimson, amaranth, carmine, ruddy - these are just some shades of red. Same with emotions/feelings - I could sufficiently describe how I feel with just fine, sad and 'meh'. Anything more requires unreasonable amounts of brain power and going through dictionaries.
I have only seen the video to 1:25 (so I am not sure how Vanessa will define it), but I personally think a feeling can be a physical OR mental state, while emotion is only mental.
that 4:56 żal was prounouced perfectly, I was amazed
Exactly what I thought!
Can we translate it to "Mitleid", which were emphatic pity in English?
@@EditioCastigata Oh, definitely not. 'Żal' is ussualy (and correctly) translated as 'regret', but it has, hmmm... very bitter taste of something/someone-passed-and-there-is-no-way-to-revoke-it.
*Gets attacked by a tiger*
"I feel happy!"
Nice video, but if a bear chased me I probably wouldn't have time to think about my feelings "Is it awareness?, or is it fear?" :)
0:43
I'm Dutch and gezelligheid is pronounced like this:
For ge: take the gu from gus
For ze: take the ze from gazelle
For ll: take the l from light
For i: take the i from continous
For the g: don't pronounce it like guh, but like gh (or Google it if this is too vague)
H is normal
For ei: take I as in me, and say it like you're bored
For d: take the t from train
Say it with me: gu-ze-l-i-gh-h-I-t
Concrats you can now say something Dutch!
Wat een gezelligheid!
Well, that's what I needed to watch . Amazing
re-frame, I think I'll actually use that.
also, this vid feels really poetic, and, as always, a fantastic video.
Thanks so much Hamil!
As a Polish native speaker I must admit you pronounced and explained 'żal' correctly, bravo! ;)
And yes, I really believe in strong connection between language and perception of reality, it's working as much for emotions, as it surprisingly is (what Hopi taught us) for concept of time.
Also - keep on making those great videos, greetings from Cracow!
Your content quality just keeps improving!
In my experience, the difference between emotions and feelings (if one exists) is that emotions are a bit more internal and introspective while feelings are less internal and also more real-time.
Emotions are more tied to thought, feelings are more tied to actions (mine or someone else's).
Thank you so much 🙏 for this much information backed by evidence, please keep making more of such informative videos.
I am so happy you exist and you do what you do. You are one of my role models now. Science communication is so important to the world, especially for women. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!! 🙏🏻
great one thanks
I needed this video. Thank you.
You’re welcome 🧠
@@braincraft Does linguistic relativity play a role in how we decide to react emotionally?
Loved this video!
Very interesting stuff
Thanks so much!
wow, great video!
The language barrier doesn't always help to describe emotions. When you say "I miss you" what are you feeling? What is that emotion? In Portuguese it's called saudade, other languages associate it to nostalgia. Learning other languages also help.
Vanessa, eu sinto saudade de quando demora a aparecer.
yay!! new video, I've just finished my 3rd rewatch of Attention Wars!
You could say the series really... grabbed your attention.
🤦🏻♀️
WOW thank you!
I had my phone on my chest and when the video played and your voice started reverberating through my rib cage, I freaked out a bit
Words that describe our emotions are like scalers that our inner I/soul uses to associate how we feel our outer personhood is harmonizing with the cultural physical world.
Glad I found this channel :3 pretty dope
I commented on the last video, about problem/solution balance. Just wanted to say this video was just great! Very interesting stuff. Now you’re sending me down a rabbit hole as well. :)
Thanks for the feedback Tristan!
Unintentionally funny line at 3:23. "You'd have the same pounding heart from the bear or a friend you are racing." You are only racing your friend because the bear will eat the loser.
Thanks for this, it clarifies some aspects from DBT which have a component in emotional regulation
Great video
I just learned that N. America has a distinct definition of "homely." It's a relief that gezelligheid isn't also necessarily ugliness.
Etymologically speaking, and emotion is a feeling out of which some motion comes, as opposed to a feeling on which one never acts.
Nice subject! My emotions are very important to me because, I believe that's what make us being ourselves and unique and sometimes there are no words for what we are experience even if we try to learn them in a book. That's why artists express and stimulate emotions in all shorts of non-verbal ways... by the way... did Vanessa got lost in the park? 😃😋😵
Much needed video
Relaxed. That is how I feel.
I'm pretty sure emotions work through a kind of Bayesian updating. Under limited information we tend to feel one of the universal emotions described by Paul Ekman, and as we experience more that initial feeling is refined into things like schadenfreude and gezelligheid. It's almost exactly like the movement from a hypothesis to a refined theory.
Categorically I'd say feelings are a more fleeting species of the genus 'Emotion', more clearly differentiated when compared to peers within that genus such as moods, passions, and drives. All are emotions (an intuitive sense of a situation), but structured according to their length and intensity.
Emotions and feelings can be the greatest liars in our lives. Why do we so easily accept them at face value? And why assign them so much validity? I find it much better to test them before accepting them. Because so often my feelings aren't a great fit for the situation, and taking a moment to "process" my feelings generally avoids lots of "mistaken impressions".
BobC great thoughts. How many times does that happen and an emotion goes into a loop ? When stressed even more. And I try grounding techniques.
Emotions are our (evolutionary established) quick response system with acting suggestions.
We form our thought patterns and emotional response systems when growing up, through various means, experiences and predisposition.
This quick response system can be trained into something not always or even rarely appropriate for the situation. Especially today, where we live very different lives than when we developed this trait.
So if you can see these acting suggestions often not fitting the situation you do very well questioning them and applying conscious corrections. Doing so requires a bit more effort and energy, but it allows us to take actions that seem more appropriate to us.
the way you prenounce gezelligheid is quite funny
ikr A for effort.
@@RaeWakefield More like a 10, I'd say :p
I feel longing.
I've always thought the chemical reactions and the neural signals in our brain are interpreted as emotions in our brain and the interpretation often depends on the external factors of an individual's existence, i.e. Social Engineering, Cultural Conditioning, Academic Conditioning, etc. etc.
Right now I'm pretty sure I'm feeling more than one emotion at once. Things are pretty complicated right now. But what I usually use describing my emotions for is to predict how I might respond to different situations that might come up in the near future.
Also, how does mood factor into all of this?
You had me at, "Learn more words." Then I had to remind myself to be careful, because it never pays to be perceived as altiloquent. ;-)
There comes a horde of Portuguese native speakers saying everyone else doesn't have a proper word for saudade in their own language.
How do I feel?
Up for some scrabble, that’s for sure.
Wow TOP comment Jerry
Woot! Thanks!
Reminds me of the time I seen a cucumber behind me in my peripheral vision...
What's the opposite of gezelligheid?
Probably a feeling of being exposed and vulnerable, both physically and mentally, like if you were dumped out naked in the middle of the wilderness on a cold night
I actually enjoy being naked in the middle of the wilderness on a cold night.
Ongezelligheid, naturally
hangover
Ongezelligheid? I don't really know. I guess that would be the feeling you get when people get annoyed with each other at a party and just start making mean comments.
What's the word that describes nervous but also excited? I've wondered about this for years but I could never find a definite answer.
Thrilled or something? Or is that word only used in a negative way?
I felt nostalgia watching this hearing your aussie accent and wondering if that walking track was either in the central highlands or the Dandenongs ... :-) But here in Germany they have a thing called Gemütlichkeit which is like the dutch term you mention. Sort of like coziness but also social. And not to forget hygge the danish term which even has its own magazine here.
Hygge is too mainstream 😜
I'd love to learn more about the relationship between languages and feelings. For example, I think it's interesting how US influence has caused Spanish to create the word "estresado" for "stressed," a term we use a lot in both cultures. Would being able to say that mean they are more or less stressed than before...?
Suggesting somebody just reinterpret their anxiety as excitement is insulting to people who struggle with anxiety. It’s akin to telling somebody with depression to just be happier (or someone with a broken leg to just walk it off). You can’t think yourself out of mental health issues that affect your brain chemistry.
Maybe “anxiety” was meant in a more general term and not clinical, but I would suggest using “nervousness” in that context so there isn’t confusion. And likewise using A”sadness” in place of “depression” if you’re not talking about a physiological disorder.
I really liked how you constructed this video. I always do. I liked your drawings and how you combined them with your dialogue. I also liked how you put yourself walking outside into the video.
Have you ever heard the jazz song, 'Mood Indigo?' You should look it up. See if you can relate.
Did you change the mic and/or place where you record the voiceover? It sounds cleaner than older videos. Does calling them "videos" make me sound old? Like when I use the sentence "I saw it on the internet" ? >
Ha I used a different mic! It’s way better so I’m glad you noticed the difference
Have you read Lisa Feldman Barrett's book How Emotions are Made? It's not contradictory to what you're saying here (especially about reframing sensations). It did seem to be more revelatory to me though, totally changing the way I think about thinking (broadly) and of course how that specifically relates to emotions. It also severely lowered the confidence I put into my observations.
Most of the time I don't feel emotions because I'm used to them.
Does anyone have a word for when you feel guilty/upset/anxious that you're not being productive when you could be? No one of the three alone works.
I was hoping you would have mentioned that we have favourite emotions that can cover up other emotions we might be feeling, or replace them.
A variety of emotions flowing. Abondaned but hopeful. I was wondering can your mood affect the energy of a room? Like every one else gets uncomfortable or awkward?
Perhaps you can elucidate it for me, but I have some memory of having learned in one of my classes that people who are paralyzed from the neck down often report not feeling emotions as intensely as they did prior to their paralysis. If I remembered this correctly, is it possible evidence of the two-factor theory of emotion, since they are presumably not getting the same amount of physiological feedback to fuel the emotions?
Doesn’t the third model suffer from the same downfalls of the first with awareness suggesting an expected delay?
I definitely would check out the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows UA-cam channel, where the creator tries to come up with new appropriate terms for specific obscure feelings that we have.
I really love that channel! Thanks for watching 🧠
I was feeling Zal about being locked out of my emails and I’m sure that my less than even-tempered response invoked Schadenfreude in the witnesses to it. I am, however, feeling relieved now that I have regained access, despite the time that was lost as a result.
This really makes sense! I mean how could you be sad if you instead have the collywobbles? Just saying it makes me want to smile!
Great channel! Found you via pewdiepie. Thanks for the cool content!
I always thought gezeligheid could be translated as 'cosy'
Gezelligheid has some similarities with ‘cosy’, but also has some differences. ‘Cosy’ would be ‘knus’ in Dutch, which is different. Pretty hard to explain...
@@efferillis3980 Dutch is my primary language, so it's probably my poor understanding of english at play here ;)
Thanks for the response though
Controlling our emotions is key for success. 🔥
A dutch person here. It is funny how you totally butchered the pronunciation of gezelligheid. I initially did not even recognize it when I was only listening. A lot of English speakers have trouble with the harsh g we have in dutch, so I can forgive that, but also your pronunciation of the vowels is off. For example listen to the Google translate pronunciation. Other than that a great video.
I came here to say the same thing, but check if someone else had already posted this comment.
Looks like the handiwork of the Dutch, with their giant propeller buildings.. 😂
I’m sorry!! I honestly just copied Emma Sayings and other references on UA-cam, so we need more references 😬
I'm an English speaker that can produce Dutch sounds very convincingly.
I think it's because I'm also a Hebrew speaker
@@braincraft Well, you're kind of in luck. I made a video about pronouncing Dutch author names (out of frustration, because those UA-camrs didn't even make effort to try).
I don't know if it's top quality, but you may be able to learn a bit of pronunciation there ;)
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I feel ... drawn forward through smothering resistance.
Man, English doesn't have the words I want to use to describe my emotions/feelings at the moment.
Even in one of my two mother tongues I need to think on it for a while, but Frisian definitely has specific words for certain things English uses entire sentences for (same goes for Dutch and German)
But let's try describing my emotions (this is a bit of a challenge for my autistic brain).
I feel a bit off, like not completely in the center of it all. I feel a bit foggy as well, like my normal clarity and focus is missing (says something, because I also have ADD). And I feel a bit down.
I think I know where it comes from, so I know it'll go away, which makes it easier to give it a place in my brain.
Let me now go to a video of innocent enjoyment by watching someone slowly complete a challenge in Pokemon Let's Go :D
Thanks Vanessa. Now I can say I feel collywobbles.
You’re welcome.
Dunno if I would call gezelligheid an emotion, it's not like Dutch people say "I'm feeling gezellig". It's more of a description of having a good time with a group of people.
Gezelligheit n. [Godzilla hate], a sense of wellbeing and coziness, often with friends or family
Gezelligheid kent geen tijd
the current definitions of "emotions" tends to be based on english centric cultures... other cultures (and languages) express feelings/ emotions differently. I know this cause I'm lucky to bi-lingual for 2 languages that are massively different. All i know, for example, is the words "I love you" mean different things, and to express the same emotion western english based idea of "i love you" in another language I don't use the same words in English.... its just different... and us multi-lingual people get it... we are juat frustrated with you Phd that only know 1 language...
What i feel right now? Hunger...
I have Alexithymia. Emotions are hard.
Is that Dune on your bookshelf?
I'm feeling restless.
Imagine yourself in a frozen forest
Is apathy an emotion? Or is that basically the same as labeling atheism as a religion?
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Man I been wondering emotions and feelings it self. Why does one memory feel different a another?
I feel I've got to re-read Dune.
I'm feeling nervous because of a new beginning I know next to nothing about.
Perfect opportunity to instead interpret it as “excited”. Tell yourself you are excited for the new beginning, possibly new opportunities and experiences.
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I am indeed excited, too
Feelings prove that you are alive.
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Collywobbles 👍