Likes and Dislikes

Like, dislike

Feelings of like and dislike

They say these are emotions, but perhaps that's a bit different...

To say like or dislike is

a "word of cognition"

is what I feel, and

emotions, I think, exist somewhere else...

To say like or dislike is an
evaluation or judgment

it is putting into words how one has interpreted something

The emotion of "liking"

is used for things that bring joy

When you think you like something

there is a feeling of happiness or
a feeling of enjoyment

you are feeling the emotion of joy

In a state where those emotions intensify
Iperceive it as 'like'

I wonder if that is what it means

Also, the same applies to dislike

The emotion of 'dislike' is used for things one finds repulsive

Feeling emotions like anger, sadness, or fear
and in a state where feelings of repulsion intensify

I perceive it as 'dislike'

Perhaps it is an interpretation
and a word used to evaluate or judge

Some kind of stimulus
towards the target object
makes one feel pleasant or unpleasant emotions

What kind of pleasant or unpleasant emotions
was one feeling?

That perception is what is known as an 'emotion'...

Joy, happiness, fun,
anger, sadness, fear

By perceiving them
can one finally know how one was feeling
and understand oneself

What interprets and judges that
is what we call 'cognition'

Therefore

Putting what you perceive
into words (verbalizing it)
becomes emotional expression

Things interpreted as

like or dislike are not emotions, but
things that have been cognized

is what it is...

If you dig deeper from cognition, this is how it goes

Cognition (interpretation) < Perception (emotion) < Reaction (body)
← Stimulus

The sequence that occurs is like this

Object → Pleasure/Displeasure < Emotion < Like/Dislike
Object → Reaction (physical) < Perception < Cognition

After cognition, it becomes action

The sequence is connected

Labeling of emotions
Verbalization of the perception part

It is said that you give names to emotions, but
putting those emotions into words

whether you are happy,
whether you are having fun,
that your heart is warming up,
that your chest hurts,
that you are so frustrated you want to cry,
or that you are envious

Expressing what you felt in words

Like, Dislike
Good, Unpleasant
Virtuous, Bad

People tend to quickly turn things into evaluative language

Stimulus → Pleasure/Displeasure < Cognition

I wonder if there are many people who, instead of perceiving (feeling) from their reactions,
interpret things through evaluation and judgment
and turn them into cognition...

If you break it down and think about it

by perceiving emotions,
understanding progresses

and interpretations of cognition expand

by being able to put your own emotions into words,
self-understanding also deepens

Emotional labeling
verbalizing and perceiving emotions

makes it easier to experience yourself
That is how it is in my own experience

What I am feeling and
how I interpreted it

by recognizing what I have recognized,
it becomes metacognition

In other words,
it leads to being able to

take a bird's-eye view

~A Diagram of How the Mind Works~

I once thought about
the words 'like' and 'dislike'

I felt they were not expressions of emotion,
but expressions of cognition

Because they are a matter of interpretation,
how we interpret and perceive things

The way we use words,
the way we express them,
can be anything we make of them

Flexibly

~From the words of Mother Teresa~

..Thank you for reading..

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