 Is this Fear or Excitement? Feeling excitement is feeling fear with a KNOWN outcome. Excitement is predictable fear. What is fear? What is excitement? Is it fear or excitement? Emotion: a strong feeling E-motion: energy in motion Excitement is predictable fear.
Pretty much the same physiological process is at work in your body during excitement or fear except, when you are excited it activates the reward centre of your brain at the same time. Everything that you feel is emotion (or E-motion) . What does that mean? The Latin derivative for the word emotion, emotere, literally means energy in motion. You were born with a sixth sense–emotion. Like your other five senses, this is not something you learned; emotion is the awareness you have which communicates satisfaction or dissatisfaction/ease or dis-ease. Pivot point: Your emotions are your unique internal guidance system (Inner GPS), letting you know when you have disconnected from your inner knowing of what is right for you. Picture this scenario: A child is visiting the fairground for the first time. All around him, he sees these incredible rides. It is so new and exciting. They get to the big wheel; it looks enormous. It is going round and round so fast. It is very high. All those people looking down on him seem so far away. As they approach the ticket gate, he feels something in his belly, a strange feeling. It is a strong feeling, different from anything he has ever felt in his 5 young years. His mother, sensing the change in him, grips his hand tighter and says it’s ok, don’t feel scared. I am right by your side. I am keeping you safe. Oh, he thinks, I’m scared. So, this is how fear feels. Another child is standing close by. He has the same sensations and feelings when he is looking at this gigantic wheel. His mother senses the change in him too, and as he grasps her hand, she looks at him and says, this is going to be so exciting for you, a new experience, and I am right by your side, keeping you safe. Oh, he thinks, I’m excited. So, this is what it feels like to be excited. Both these children will have a unique experience during the ride, and they will associate the feeling they have in different ways throughout their life. This example may seem too simplistic for many of you. Yet when you understand how your feelings and emotions affect your body, you can see that this kind of experience, especially as a child, can have a profound effect on your life. Pivot point: Feeling excited is feeling fear with a KNOWN outcome. Are you killing the thrill? If you would like to discuss it, feel free to contact me here.
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