Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2016
- It can be very hard to detect just how much our judgement is constantly affected by our feelings. We should - at points - take care to be very skeptical of our first impulses.
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“It’s easy to grow up with a benign sense that our minds broadly offer us a reliable impression of ourselves, the people around us and the world at large. What we see, think and feel can be counted upon to amount to a more or less accurate picture of reality. We can call this optimistic thesis the ‘clear pane’ theory of the mind, implying that we are able to look out onto the world pretty much as if through an undistorted and blemish-free pane of glass…”
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"Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear."
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You will never see your reflection in boiling water.
Buddha's quote
Profound ❤️
Beautiful
this one hit hard. the key is to not be impulsive
A skill that takes practice :)
Psychiatrists reccomend that, when you feel angry, you count to 10, and do nothing in between.
I reccomend getting away from humans, and quietly drinking a cup of coffee !
@@kalyanarc4467 Totally agree. Or drink a glass of water, or two, because another thing that leads to giving in to our worst impulses is actually simple dehydration.
If you keep your impulses under control, it's ok to give in once in a while, as long as you get back to your daily routine. Otherwise, life becomes pretty boring. It's when being impulsive becomes a habit you should check yourself.
@@itgetter9 really? I never heard that before.
@@Kennedy1op True story! If you make a habit of drinking a good deal more water every day than you're probably accustomed to drinking, I predict you'll find yourself on a more even keel . . . more measured and steady in how you respond to things. Try it and see if you like it -- be well!
EVERYTHING IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
Yesssssssm.
Hey, if you're looking for an unhappy life, really DON'T follow your feelings...
;)
Seriously do not try to understand them.
@@thisisntallowed9560 thanks
DUN NA NA NUH NA NAA
Nothing makes sense
there are people out there that know people run off of emotions and use others emotions to con them.
I think everyone does that but it's how they do it that makes it bad or good
es, humanity is target and we do wisely in waking up immediately, to strengthen ourselves, develop, help each other to do so, and take action to save humanity, all life and Mother Earth. We mostly do not REALLY believe in and prepare our spirits-bodies for evil forces until we get our health, psyche and life stolen, crippled and/or destroyed. And relatives/friends/ good aqcuaintances don't know about that world , aren't aware enough or interested , developed, loving, courageous enough to dare face and learn about it in order to support, share, be there or even help practically. The danger is not so much the evil, but the good ones who do not interfere and who stay lazy and weak alone instead of organizing themselves as groups. as obama said in his inauguration speech, that we all shall have to make sacrifices for the future, I found it well spoken and finally someone daring to say the truth: We have to stop wasting food, misusing resources, thuink and act capitalistically-materialistically, not consume so crazily and fly. I think he meant something quite different, and got the chills.If enough of us wake up and get to work spiritually, we can change the laws for everyone to follow, and then we may all live and the end of the world as we know it be turned into a new one. But please dispose of or greatly limit your c.ell pho,ne use, it's kil,ling us all, and today, no one can evade it even. it disturbs our bodies functíons and repair, weakens and ster.ilizes, dulls our minds, harden and senilizes us as well as disturbing Vagus nerve- heart function and make us more easily stress-hateful. Did you notice and research?
Yep those are narcassist's targets, unfortunately!
You mean like every single prophet so far, a.k.a. the biggest con men of all time?
mikitz what makes you so sure that prophets are con men, can you elaborate?
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Good thought!...Confucius stated that wisdom (a kind of intelligence) is knowing what we don't know. May I suggest that you continue down the rabbit hole with a look into epistemology. Good luck.
Knowledge is a misleading term. Everything we think we know comes from our senses, which we know to be unreliable. As such, the concept of knowledge is something of a red herring; we don't really know anything. What we take for knowledge is merely the most reasonable conclusion that can be made with the available evidence: the best possible guess. Either way, knowledge is essentially information.
Intelligence is the rate at which information can be processed. The faster a system can process information, the smarter it is. However, some systems are more efficient at processing certain types of information. Even very dumb computers can perform mathematical calculations much faster than any human being, but even the most advanced computers can't process sensory information the way the human brain can or make choices for itself without being specifically commanded to do so.
Nicole O. Intelligence, broadly speaking, is the wisdom to use knowledge in an effective way. That is why the term 'educated idiot' in a disparaging sense, is not an oxymoron. We have to be sceptical about what we think we know because our brains are limited by their biology, so it is wise to remember our limitations. Just as this video asserts.
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I mean unreliable on a purely epistemic bases.
Think about it: how do you know you exist? You may fell like you exist, but that's your only point of reference. "I think, therefore I am", doesn't help us here because the sensation of thinking is also just a sensation.
Even if our senses are totally reliable in every way we can measure, because everything we experience is filtered through our subjective perceptions, we have no way to corroborate them.
To presume that we exist is entirely reasonable given the lack of evidence to the contrary, but it is still, at it's core, an assumption. One that could be overturned at any moment by the revelation that we are all just programs in a simulation, or something similar.
There's no such thing as absolute truth or knowledge.
You didn't even receive one "like" for that comment? Whatever.... You got one from me.
Even though I agree with everything in this video, I think there ARE times where going with gut feeling is best, creating emotional art comes out better through using feelings and emotion, I think the key is to learn to switch between the two mindsets
This is the logical fallacy known as "begging the question."
Ehh...not entirely.
Its more of a balance.
Agreed. Do check out Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink". It's about making impulsive decisions and believing in your own intuitions. The video focuses on the importance of being skeptical of our own emotions, and it successfully pointed out our inability to "stop and think", but I agree with you. Sometimes, we just need to trust our own feelings.
ismellrudolph Elliott Hulse calls it being grounded and being adept in that grounding. Tender aggression as well. Going between both extremes and every which way in between. I ask you to look into it tis some cool shit friend.
ismellrudolph emotions aren't entirely bad nor good, they are important indeed but not a reliable tool to place judgements and decisions in ones life
"Strive to get to bed early"
Nice try mom
The positive effect this channel has had on me over the years is immense.
Overreliance on one's feelings is perfectly illustrated by the Sith.
However, overreliance on sterile logic is illustrated by the Jedi, whom I feel are equally bad in their ways. The best would be a mix, grey Jedis.
+h0m3st4r
Hey, Sith get things done. Palpatine went from senator to Emperor because he was focused and willing. He cleaned the deadwood out of the political system and revamped the military.
You cannot justify your philosophical standpoint by referencing a fictional universe.
I point you to Plato and his allegory of the cave.
Ironication I agree completely.
I'm impressed with how rich and steady the productivity of the channel is. sometimes I wish I can be able to be there while you search and work, and be able to look at your notes and your books and your general way of working. be a pupil if you will! I'm just so much in love with your work. it's inspiring. so, well, thank you for everything. My best regards.
The School of Life ... one look at it and it's already one of my favorite websites. that's perfect. thank you :)
Sit yo ass down stupid ass enjoy the greatness
Every time I didn't trust myself I regretted it. We should always trust ourselves. Your first instinct is always right. At least mine is. I learned to trust myself and it's rare that I am wrong. Since I started trusting myself life has been a lot less stressful. Always trust yourself.
I have lived my life to a large degree without letting my emotions dictate my thoughts or actions. I can attribute much of my "success" and accomplishments to this but I am no longer going to numb my life with that mindset. Becoming vulnerable to emotions and moods is a part of life that I would like to embrace in order truly live.
David Craig Couldn't have said it better.
It's about balance. Being able to watch your emotional state and decide when it is serving and when it is not is the best way to be :)
exactly, we will have machines to run off having no feelings, what is the point of life without ever truly living
I've found it's best to express my emotions to myself, in private, or in prayer. In my experience, any of my emotions that become noticeable to other people, serve only to further alienate me from them.
mytruepower2 there are people who it is safe to share those emotions with, timing matters too... but vulnerability allow us growth and connection, that nothing else can.
I’ve had the deepest connections when sharing my fears etc, with safe people and hearing theirs as well...
Blessings
im way too high for this
Eat nuts
Lol
yo deadass
related dude
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as someone who suffers from chronic fatigue, I can fully get behind what he said about being tired. I don't trust my emotions much at all, since it is usually just anger and depression and feeling like everything is shit, just because I'm tired all the time.
That really sucks man, I heard it can be difficult to work and exercise with Chronic Fatigue because you're always so exhausted and all you wanna do is sleep.
This advice needs to be heeded even more now that the "feels before reals" is increasingly becoming the new norm in society.
There is a distinction to be made between reaction and intuition. The prior is not reliable, the latter is.
Your intuition isn’t infallible, because it’s the product of the learnings of our subconscious. But our subconscious mind is fed by our unclear perception. You can see how intuition is indeed unreliable with anxious people or how people rely on their intuition for finding „the one“, but the marriage ends in a bloody divorce. But our intuition knows much more than our sudden reaction, that’s right
@@simonkraemer3725 who said it was infallible? What is infallible? Nothing is. Not a good bar to set unless you want to rely on nothing.
"Strive to get to bed early"
Well, it's 7am, maybe I should get to bed.
last sentence fucked me up lmao
ROBOTRIPPIN ROBOT you just experienced a Sartrian moment
whats that
Mike Blaid Look up Jean-Paul Sartre, I think thats who he was referring to
yeah, no such thing as "getting to bed early"
I'm watching this at 2:00am and I have to wake up at 7:00
The whole narration was like a breath of fresh air.
I don't know man...I think there is a difference between trusting your feelings and making impulsive decisions. I use my feelings as a source of intelligence that help me navigate the social world. If I get bad vibes from someone or I feel like shit talking to a person than I know that I should stay away from that individual because they are simply draining my energy. I don't know why you would not trust your feelings because I believe they are a great source of intelligence. I think people who don't trust their feelings don't truly trust themselves.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I think he's saying people make bad long term decisions on basis of feeling of lust (cheating, unwanted pregnancies, etc) and when their decision making ability is clouded by feeling of being tired
Agree. There is a difference between feelings and emotions. We need to trust our feelings.
We are not our minds or our feelings. It's good to be aware of them but not give them too much importance
@@marianniezayas1531 Absolutely. Your mind can mislead you, but your gut won't. I can't remember how many times I rationalized my way through a situation, ignoring the deep feeling that I wasn't acknowledging the whole truth. I "painted" my own picture, in other words.
I'm skeptical of this video. I think I'm going to suspend my judgement for a moment and think about this rationally and decide if this video is true or not.
Nice.
10 videos in, unable to put my phone down and NOW you tell me to sleep early 😩
Sorry!
Haha IKR
Next video: How to achieve self-control LOL
I've spent my whole life suffering from anxiety and depression, and had to learn this in order to function. Now, in order to move ahead, I'm having to learn that what makes me feel fulfilled actually matters.
i don't know about you but I have regretted many instances when I didn't follow my gut instinct. It has kept me from danger, helped in forming long-lasting relationships, and has helped me perform better on exams. I follow my gut "feeling" religiously. Perhaps my nature doesn't allow me to open myself up to new experiences, but my gut has almost always been right.
It's amazing how feeling a certain way, you can be so sure of something, then feeling a different way we can laugh at how stupid of a judgement we made. Kinda like being drunk then looking back at it the next day, after we've sobered up.
I'm great at reserving judgement and avoiding rash, emotional decisions. I am also chronically depressed and dead inside
These videos are like therapy to me, they help me find back to my true self
This channel is really wonderful and very much helping me. I have bordline personality disorder, my mother, who was a single mother was BPD and very narcassitic, so I, for a long time, reacted and relied on my emotions. I started to try to change this about a year ago, and this video is really aiding that change! Thank you :)
Eloise Awesomeballs that's cool I think I have it too
Eloise Awesomeballs same
I needed this. I had a small meltdown yesterday. Then I got home surveyed the situation and I felt sooooo much better.
I'm afraid to feel optimistic. Good situations can only turn bad.
I know what you mean... since I became adult, the times of greates happiness in my life always ended abruptly and were followed times of greatest pain... now whenever i encounter something good, I try to not get over-excited and just tell myself to enjoy while it last, because it's gonna blow up soon.
Samus Nero
I was an optimist up until about a month ago. I had everything going for me: an unfathomably loyal, supportive, beautiful and intelligent partner, an impending move across the country to a good job, a happy and healthy family, and good friends.
In ONE month: my father lost his job and his parents left his life, my other grandmother had a stroke, my girlfriend left me out of fucking NOWHERE, shattering the move we were going to make and destroying the job opportunity that I had. I've been fucking crushed this past month and I barely have the will to live anymore. What's the point when nothing but pain awaits you in life? Why should I form relationships when they will inevitably tear me down?
IMO pain and suffering is what makes my soul grow. I learn a lot from my mistakes and tragedies. But every time things start looking good I find myself rejecting that optimistic feeling, I'm afraid that all those promises my future is foresighting, won't happen. I know it's very irrational but that's how I feel, I feel afraid that those things that could but has not happen, won't ever be.
Samus Nero same
but inversely, if good situations can only turn bad, that would also mean that bad situations could only turn good. Though we all know, bad situations can get even worse than they already, therefor, while bad situations can get worse, good situations can get better. But in the end, regardless of whether or not the situation is good or bad, they both have the same end result, and that is death. So have nothing to fear. Enjoy the good things as they come, and don't forget them as they go.
You MUST trust your feelings in life. If something doesn't feel right, it means you should go. Now, if you trust your first impression on someone, that's just because you're dumb, but after getting to know the person a little, yes, you should trust your feelings. We often ignore our feelings and stay in situation we don't want to be in (job, partner..). Your feelings are a bell. Listen to them and try to understand them.
nice advice. Thanks
I agree.
Thats why meditation is key. It helps suspend judgement. Being mindful. "Buddha's Brain" will explain more about the neuroscience
Excellent video. Now I'm going to stay up all night watching the rest of these :D
you're everywhere.
me too, i see him everywhere
Micah Buzan oie, I work overnight shifts.
then what the use of watching the "school of life" but you don't sleep early 😂😅
Micah Buzan b
this is amazing! how long does it take to make a video like this?
mmmm...i'm sorry, but: i really appreciate and respect your work. Really. And i encourage people and youtuber to support you and your channel.
But, i was saying, if a video like this take 4 months of preparation (i don't argue about the money, i'm sure you are right) how is it that on your channel where published something like 5 to 6 videos just in the last week?
Doing the math, you should be capable of publishing just 2-3 videos per year...
Not criticizing, as i said i really appreciate your work. Just wanna understand better how youtube activities work.
How many animators on average? I recall it taking FOREVER for me to complete a hand drawn 90 second final for Animation class way back in 2002. it was then I knew I DID NOT want to be an animator :D
I suppose there is a teamwork here. And i suppose he answered '4 months of work' given a TEAM-work. So, my question really is 'if you publish so many videos...how many people is actually working on your channel, and are all capable of living with that?'
Let's suppose a team of four people per video (one writing, one drawing images, one recording audios, one editing all togheter), each finishing a video every 4 months.
The channel publish, let's say again, an avarage of tree videos per week. That means something like 150 videos per year.
But every team can handle only tree videos per year (12 months/4 months of work).
So that means you need to have 50 team (50*3=150).
If what we have supposed of four active workers per team is right, that's a total of 200 workers (50*4); that seems a little bit too much to me, due the earnings i suppose not very large from youtube...
Ok, ok...i need to find a serious job ;D
Scalp Master
Dejarino Zhino 7
BLUNT TRUTH.
YOUR EMOTIONS ARE not OUTSIDE REALITY
Sometimes "gut feeling" is our 6th sense and emotions distort the red flags or facts that we knew from the start.
Not relying on our emotions and letting it settle for a while is a self discipline that takes practice and a lot of skills.
I needed to hear this, I think.
That's just your boring rationality talking! What you really need is a harem of women and thousands of ill-advised purchases!
I have a bad feeling about this... or am I?
get a feeling so complicated *chew*
Feelings control us.
"it is better to have loved than not at all". ones impulses of emotion can not be cast aside for ever. when the time is right, the balance of rationalism and emotion, confront your observations and separate and break down your feelings (its weirdly possible to be a mix of 2 seeming contradictory emotions). you dont have to come to a conclusion immediately. (this is all from my observations) you can get a fairer representation of your observations by asking your self the same question at different times in the day in different moods. observe your response and try and diagnose why, if it did, change. I find its easier to observe the world clearly when i know what glass I'm looking through (where the distortions/thickness of glass differ(the thickness of glass a metaphor for different emotions and the effect it has on your perception)).
i however have come to dilemma with this way of going through though. you find your self unable to truly determine the true answer to your question. that is where i looked for my answer in others. having known (or to by perception i know) where i differ in observation with different emotions, i then apply this to others (a very risky move, but one which must be done over long periods of time and not judgmentally) then i can gather information at an exponential rate. being able to both test my self and other. it helped that i started talking philosophy to my friends and some responded with as much interest in philosophy as me (however this wasn't about love, it was main stream philosophy). so i search on
I hope you the best of luck in life :)
AL Seth lool this is very comical.
If you hear the devil's laughter after sex, your not just in error, your seriously unhinged.
It means you just rubbed your naughty bits with someone you can't stand, but are sexually drawn to.
I think he understand that... But I agree with him in that... using that analogy, or saying it in that way "hear the devils laughter after sex" is just a strange and somewhat unsettling way of expressing what you are saying.
Seems you failed to grasp the metaphor...
Yeeah, the only thing I hear is a scream of the bloody devil when I put it in
RedStar18 If that's coming from the person you put it in to i'm calling the cops.
Love this. I've always struggled with the phrase "Trust your gut feeling". This is exactly why. I could never confidently rule out that my gut was not being influenced by the fears, insecurities, biases and moods in my life. What I feel convicted of may vary depending on whether I can be above and resolve all of these. Not easy to do.
This is one of the best school of life videos till date.
Though on the outset you provide content on RUclips for free, in conjunction to it, you market 'The School of Life'. For profit or not, but these videos for a layman (who experiences life from a framework which is passes down by not so efficient education system)... is a BOON! Thank You guys for making such videos! The next time I am in UK, will make sure to pay a visit to your store!
This is one of those videos that did get on my screen just in time, I am starting just today to realize that getting to bed early, resisting lustful temptations and watching over my diet helped me greatly in working my way around the negativity that swarms our everyday lives, as always this channels gives me great pleasure in watching and keeping up with, a follower for life.
thank you for all the videos you make. I can tell you honestly want to help people, nothing more. You're part of whats right in the world.
this is one of the most useful things i've seen, probably better advice than what my parents have given me
School of life, can you please make a video about unreciprocated love? It would be extremely helpful to me right now, but, ultimately the choice is yours considering this is your channel.
-Jo
There already is one
Jocelyn Not Your Expert
No
Unreciprocated love? Easy one. Get away from that person. If you work with him/her, leave your job. I've been there. It's hell.
Search “unrequited love.” And get over it.
@@jeffreylonigro1382 4 yrs later and sheesh. I barely even remember making this comment
My feelings: She loves you.
Environment: Nope!
Somehow I feel like this video helped immensely with my depression. I'm going to read some skeptical philosophers, and I'm going to get better.
I listen to my gut because I’ve had much more success with it than without
I truly believe listening to your gut is different than going off of emotion or logic. I believe that "the gut" is a balance of emotional and logical judgments
Maby your logic or information weren't good enough.
@@PredatorH2O everyone has an opinion
Although I agree with most of what you say, reason must be tempered with a bit of irrationality. I'll just leave an excerpt from Bertrand Russell's Sceptical essays here(since no one can say it better):
"Leibniz in his old age told a correspondent that he had only once asked a lady to marry him, and that was when he was fifty. 'Fortunately,' he added, 'the lady asked time to consider. This gave me also time to consider, and I withdrew the offer.' Doubtless his conduct was very rational, but I cannot say that I admire it."
The School of Life has been teaching me more than I learned in all of high school about Life!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to the creative team for making such meanigful and creative videos on such deep topics for us!!
I just wanted to thank you for this. I'm in a place now of extremely conflicting emotions, to where I could choose a "right path" and a "wrong path". I have been very reasured by this, it woke me up to a lot of options I didn't know I had, thank you. Because I saw this, I've been reawakened to the importance of doing what IS right, versus what FEELS right. Thank you.
this is so amazing. this helped me re-evaluate a lot of things that bugged me recently.
thank you, the School of life
On that note, I'm off to rest. 💤
What a wonderful video. We often forget what a huge impact small things such as taking naps and avoiding sweets have on our moods. Our best mood regulators are all small things like that... taking breaks from work, being in nature, doing sports or mild exercises, spending time with loved ones, changing our perspective of the everyday life, enjoying art, having a hobby, not dwelling in the past, not overthinking... They are all small things :)
I feel this greatly. When I am anxious, I can hear myself making unfair judgements over strangers that I have never met
Sometimes, life punishes you for being a skeptic to your feelings. Or so it seems.
great one
i read the title and watched the vid. all i can say is that when i had to hire somebody (way back in the day when that was my job) i went by my "gut instinct" and it never failed me. sometimes people interview "too well". i've been accused of it too, for what it's worth.
Strive to get to bed early really helps, because for me in particular i get very tired during the night and i start experiencing unrational emotions and stuff like that so its very important to go to bed early before the bad feelings kick off
Best argument I've heard for self-enforcing a bedtime, yet.
This video is more relevant to impulsive behavior than emotional intelligence and paints a rather disappointingly shallow portrait of emotional self-respect. Plainly, this is only a one sided point of view and, sadly, helps perpetuate our cultural stigma against emotional responses.
I wholeheartedly agree. Although TSoL usually present good ideas, this particular video that seems - at least superficially - to encourage people to doubt their emotions is simply insensitive to the amount of gaslighting already suffered by a lot of people with abusive parents, partners, bosses, friends etc. Many of the arguments presented in the video are also facts that are NOT related to emotional intelligence, e.g. Realizing the earth revolves around the Sun has less to do with doubting feelings but more to do with doubting knowledge and the established norms. Just because a person has opposite feelings in a matter of hours should in no way mean that the person should not trust his or her feelings, as there is always a reason for such a change, only that it is often unrecognized and will STAY unrecognized if the person doubts his of her feelings' reality
matthieu rheaume - I agree especially with your last statement. I am in the US where we suffer from an "emotional anorexia" and though I saw this video as merely pointing out some faults that come with emotional reasoning, I think it reinforces the stigma that exists so strongly here. Unfortunately videos like this can be used by people that are struggling to grasp emotional intelligence to avoid that struggle and rely on logic strictly (which also has a long list of faults/fallacies). It would be great if they did a video on the faults of logical reasoning to counter this one.
There is no social stigma against emotional responses, it's quite the opposite in fact. You can readily see this on sites like youtube/facebook/twitter where emotional intuitive responses to videos/content are praised and given incredible amounts of visibility as contrasted with epistemically responsible responses. Your comment and others like it on this very video are great examples of this as well. Like many other comments like yours, you've made claims and have not supported them with clear arguments, rather you've shown your emotional disapproval of something without actually justifying that disapproval in an intellectually responsible way.
The video states that there is no way to perceive life without emotions which is why one should get exposed to something multiple times and analyze one's emotions every time before forming an opinion about that something.
If it cannot be experienced multiple times than one should consider the factors that are potentially influencing their opinion about that something before stating it or taking it too seriously.
I agree with you, I think emotions are very important and subtle guidelines (The School of Life states that too in other videos), but we have to admit they are also whimsical. The video is suggesting that we should apply some of the thorough analysis normally reserved for science in regard to our own feelings. I don't know about you but I call that emotional self-respect.
Insensitivity has no bearing on the strength or validity of the argument, in that truth is not dependent on how we feel about it. I feel that it is insensitive to for birds to fly in the presence of all who cannot fly, this feeling does not however have any bearing on the truth of the question "can I fly?". Your argument for not doubting your feelings is unclear to me, as saying that: "The fickle nature of emotional states does not mean that feelings shouldn't be trusted because 1- there are always reasons for changes in feeling 2-Those reasons will go unrecognized if those feelings are questioned" is implying that questioning your feelings, their origin, their intensity, their validity, will make it so that you won't discover the reasons for your emotional shifts, but that not questioning your feelings will let you understand that shift. Tell me, who has more depth of knowledge about a book: The person who reads it and enquires about the author, the historical context, how/why they reacted to work, how well received the book was/is , or the person who just reads it? If you want to better understand something, you question it and probe it, you do not just leave it untouched acknowledging it's presence.
Thanks for reminding me of this obvious fact which I have to rediscover every single day. A more modest attitude towards our positive impulses may allow us to take the few steps back needed when confronted with harder times.
I am so proud that I am Greek and thought about it many times before! Our feelings are fake, they encourage us to take risky (and stupid) decisions sometimes that we regret later
Really needed to hear this, Im always knocked around by my feelings.
Rob Vel me too this is when i get told because im a cancerian im too sensitive etc .... like really😐😐😐 so i cant just be pissed off because some idiot ran into my car wtf
Thankyou School of Life, its great to have the neglected philosophy of Skepticism brought to the fore!
This was really nice to see. I’m healing from a lot of emotional trauma, and sometimes catch myself falling into cycles of negative feelings. I have to tell myself “feelings are not fact” daily. It’s so freeing once we are able to view thoughts and emotions objectively.
thank you. I really needed this right now. It was a good reminder for some self compassion and care, and most crucially, sleep. Off for a nap
Great video. Close to your best I'd say!
Bravo! This is a fascinating topic, what are emotions but the varying chemical states of our brains. To be able to pull yourself away from making decisions or judgements when the metaphorical glass is distorted brings great control over our own lives. Thank you for this amazing video!
Agreed, only rational thoughts are also varying chemical states in our brain as well.
Wow, this was the best one yet. I had to listen to it about 4 times before I took it all in. And that understanding voice of yours is like money in the bank.
The animations are always such good representations of the subject matter. I love the thought you all put into this!
"you" *SHOULD* trust feelings, always!
.. feelings are always true and are natural survival tool .. fact!
practical advice; use reason to look "outside" - use feelings to look "inside"!
.. then make your own conclusion(s)
there are lot of misleading "information" in this presentation .. author plays with terms and fact to no good.
I watched dozens of vids on this channel and I respect work and sharing, but with all do respect I had to put this comment hopefully in positive constructive way :)
All kinds of propaganda and ideology spread because of techniques to manipulate feelings of people, accuse a man of something very bad, and the crowd will kill him without asking further questions.
Yes ! I think we should trust feelings but not be deceived by conceptions that we turn those feelings into! We’re allowed to feel! To have anxiety! But let’s be rational with turning that into reason !
Perception+feelings/memories=reality If I tell someone the "truth" I would still be lying to him/her. No matter how I speak, write, or draw to communicate my perception, it would not be accurate or 100% true. We do live in our own "worlds" lol The truth (good or bad) is in vibrations and that can never be false.
Did you just come up with this to say we should make decisions through "vibe checks". Get over that shit.
I think it's euphoric to believe I can just suspend judgment and evaluate the world around me. It feels so good that I can be so rational and not allow my feelings to be my guide. I feel good about being able to reason objectively, because to be objective makes me feel I can discover the world with more accuracy. To be able to reason through information and not allow my feelings to decide what is the case is a great feeling and comforting. It means I can learn the truth.
As you see in my writing, I'm basically guided by my feelings regarding being rational and orderly in my thinking processes. The paradox of this video is that it is correct that my feelings can mislead me so I should trust logic and reason to guide me, yet it feelings that that my feelings tell me my rational abilities and logical reasoning abilities will prevent distortions in my perception.
BASICALLY, feelings drive us to think our reasoning is not bias or at least a buffer against bias.
Paradox
Seems like an older video of yours I stumbled upon, but this one is a Golden Nugget to me.
The more I go through your videos the more I am Fascinated by how well you can structure and explain each topic.
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I have a personal Journal running since 2015 that Incorporates myself and others more to a Mechanical and Metaphorical Sense and in regards to this video I have my own variations but directly inline definitions of all these major points:
Tiredness, Lust, Sudden Change of Perspective and the Observational Lenses.
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So Interesting, thank you for making content like this. Looking forward to so much more.
Do you think that our innate bias to the outside world effects our emotions inwardly?
And vice versa.
Seems Legit.
What do you mean by innate? Born with? Or product of environment?
a little social determinism never hurt nobody lol
A lot actualy. By innate bias you mean beliefs right? As in beliefs that have been "implanted" in us at a young age.
love your content. one thing tho, can you raise your volume a bit?
mindless fan boys, attack!!!!
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steve gibson max volume on phone at night, still very quiet. The comment was made from a decision that wasnt based on mood.
I second this. This is the only youtube channel where I have to adjust the volume when watching the videos. All the other ones are approximately the same volume.
i also believe that sfx can be lower in volume. narration is far more important
Intuition , instinct and emotion have served me well in love, my working life and in my relationship with friends and family.
This has to be your best video. The narrative, the ideas, the animations, the subject... everything was great. It must've taken months to make this video. Subbed.
_“Get to bed early..”_
I just finished it at 4am.
It feels like I've been watching The School of Life Forever.
Thank you for making these. Just like when you hear a song you can completely relate to, or a book character that you totally get. It is a good deed in deed :) to hear from total strangers, from half a world away, what you your self were not able to put to words.
Thank you for making these.
Relationships are like this. I’m on a road trip, haven’t seen my girlfriend in almost 3 weeks. This morning I was lying in bed thinking in a bored fashion that maybe I didn’t really feel much for her at all; then later I go out on a run along the beach, and all of a sudden I’m thinking for the thousandth time about how much I love her and wish she were with me here; how annoying but trivial distance is in 2022, and about how she lights up even the most mundane situations with humor and zest for life, and how I never want to lose her. These are things that I know deeply. Feelings are incredibly fickle, and building our depth of character and emotional maturity is what prevents us from ruining our lives by being overly impulsive, especially in love.
So feelings here are presented with a lens. A show of reactions, pattern, living daily life through memory rather then seeing things as they are presently. Constantly comparing, creating expectations in which one is attached to. Expecting something of ourselves, others around us, the future, living in a fragmented structure of thought. In such a state one has limited himself. To say who am I? Is to search for a conclusion, to have an image of yourself immediately limits you. To say what am I? Is to understand the human, you then will observe the body and mind.
To have an image, idea, picture of yourself is to inevitably compare/measure that picture with other pictures. Its like becoming a bulletin board, an extension of yourself to compete with. Aka the ego. Im a loser, I'm a winner, words stick to me like tacks do to a board. An enormous waste of energy. To see all this is to have a very sharp, clear mind. To have care, attention, to be serious.
Going through life unconscious, unaware. A dull mind. Why is one afraid to be nothing? Everyone has their petty little story. This is serious. We have created this societal structure which reinforces this kind of behaviour. We teach young people by example to grow up conforming to a pattern aka tradition.
Look at religion. A a concept suspended by the human mind. All the rules it brings, the violence. Nations and their image, their pride. Rather then come together and be responsible we compete for our own personal horde of stuff.
I remember being confused and frustrated during my youth when it came to emotions, I once thought "god it would be peaceful if I was emotionless". I would be exhausted after being sad or angry which would be often. I would ask myself "Why am I angry? Why am I sad?" I directed my anger to curiosity over such things. Keeping good health such as diet, weariness, thoughts, all play a part in regulating emotions. Keep a watchful eye on these things and see what happens. Thoughts can get quite complex and I find it to be a constant source of interest. My first comment here from 2016 was of my going through what it means to say "me", "self", can one truly change? I certainly have.
I was thinking of creating a new account as sort of a representation of change and because I want a new name and picture (lol) silly but hey, tastes change. I can't bring myself to do it because I have comments all over YT like this video here where years later I can come upon an old comment of mine and see how much I have changed, or not. I also have playlists of videos I have collected. I will have to look into wether or not I can change the name on this account, then again I have comments that relate directly to this name and changing it will leave the old comments confusing (lol)
me: hears "strive to get to bed early" and agrees while making this comment at 1:18AM the irony
Did you sleep yet, bro?
This video is brilliant.
I'd rephrase that we should trust our feelings..... but we shouldn't trust our MOODS.
Feelings are an evolutionary adaptation that has helped us survived.... Moods on the other hand blind our judgements...
Because of training in Zen, I have learned to be aware and less attached to inner emotional dialogue. And so one day when I was very sleep deprived I noticed how overly negative my mood was, and upon examination realized that because I was so tired I hadn't the mental energy to deal with the everyday stresses of life. It was a very good reminder of how precious healthy hours of sleep really are! I quickly reassured myself that all would be well in the morning...And it was!
Good shit my dude. Deadass b I loved this video
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to simply throw ones feeling out like they're aren't to be trusted could get you into trouble perhaps somebody is being physically or emotionally abused is that person supposed to not trust their feelings or does this only apply to people that have nice happy lives
I really like this video. It gave me insight on how my emotions are not always the trustworthy thing, and my thought process may not always be correct.
But I left this video with a feeling of not being able to trust myself, until I realized that there is a good thing about not trusting your emotions. You are probably at your lowest when you are the most emotional, and that also means you are most creative when you are emotional. Creativity not only strives from inspiration from outside sources but inspiration of someone's deep self and someone's past experiences.
I also think meditation is a very healthy thing to do when you feel emotionally overwhelmed and can't "see clearly." When you meditate, you are looking inside yourself and what is troubling you, making your thoughts a bit more thoughtful of what is bothering you, instead of an excuse brought onto you by your emotions. I don't meditate regularly, but I think I should now since it seems like a healthy and fun thing to do.
What always gets to me: how relatable these videos are. 💜
"And strive to get to bed early" Hum no it isn't 2am whilst i'm watching this.
Could be there the possibility to record the sound a little higher? I find it rather frustrating to make so much effort in trying just to hear what is being said than thinking so, and wearing earpods is not a possibility.
Please
alex b where I see the videos is not allowed to use them, we can do what ever we want but not that.
Feelings don't matter.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9
Thank you for this video. It feels like a guide to me, that also gives insight. Your channel is like a parent, I like that and I make use of it alot.
Wow, these videos aren’t just hard for me to follow, your voice literally makes me fall asleep. You bring up so many situations in which we shouldn’t trust our feelings, but it seems as if you are reading a poem, or I’m trying to understand one on an AP literature exam.
Get to bed early. Good suggestion.
Impossible
So basically, the Map is not the territory.
Very nice summary. Good luck telling one from the other!
Alfred Korzybski
ty so much :D nice pic btw
well realism is just another map
Böller :3 Well any 'ism', is just a belief system.