Egocentrism

I have a question for you. One that takes more self-searching and questioning than you would think. The longer you ponder it, the less and less coherent your answer gets.

Why do we feel emotion?

I mean, I can understand regular senses. Sight- This is where I need to go. Sound- Oh, you're saying something. Touch- Hot Stove, Hmmm...OUCH! Smell- Mmmm...edible food. Taste- Yum! Definately edible.
But emotions...what purpose do they serve? Don't they just get in the way most of the time. The basis of all life is to reproduce and pass on your genes, and lust isn't an emotion...it's an instinctual drive, so that one's taken care of. So what are emotions really good for? Sure, we feel love, happiness, etc...but we also feel pain, loneliness, sadness, etc. And this idea brings me to another question...

Are emotions really worth it?

Sure, we feel love...and that's all fine and dandy, but is it worth all the extra emotions that accompany it? Nothing against love, not saying that it's Bad or anything...but looking at it from the rawest possible perspective...it's all simply emotions that don't really progress us anywhere. In fact, many people's psychological and social growth is stunted by love...be it that they want to think they're in love even though they have no idea what they're getting into, or that they were hurt by someone who they were in love with, and closed themselves off because of it.

Are all the good emotions, in life..not specifically love, worth the majority of the negative emotions we are constantly bombarded with and that we constantly emanate from ourselves? I don't know...and I don't think I'll ever have a concrete answer. But it's something I've been thinking about for a few days now...decided to put this whirlwind of memories and emotions, and my study of them to use, by making you think.
Sure, I rant, rave and complain...but at least I do it in a user-friendly way!

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