Guiding Light: The physics of emotions

Guiding Light: The physics of emotions

Free Press JournalUpdated: Thursday, September 24, 2020, 03:45 AM IST
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-- Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji

This link between emotions and bodily states is also reflected in the way we speak or behave, for e.g.: A young girl who is about to get married in a week’s time may suddenly have cold feet and experience nervousness. Similarly those lovers who have had a bad breakup and are heartbroken, may experience a shiver down their spine on hearing their favourite song being played somewhere.

Although emotions are associated with a broad range of physiological changes, it is still hotly debated whether the bodily changes associated with different emotions are specific enough to serve as the basis for discrete emotional feelings, such as anger, fear, or happiness? Before jumping on to any conclusion, we need to understand that the mind and the body are closely linked and affect each other.

To put it in simple words, it means that our thoughts and feelings can affect our body directly and they can very well have an effect on what we think, what we feel and what we do. So how does this whole mechanism works? According to neuro medicine experts, the brain and the body are constantly sending messages to each other and these messages tell the brain and body to make changes and adjustments to the way they are working.

For example, if your eyes told your brain that a car was travelling towards you at speed, it would send a very fast message to the body to step back out of harm’s way. Similarly, if your stomach was empty and your body needed fuel, your brain would listen to that message and send you in search of food. So, in short, the mind and the body are in constant communication to keep you healthy… (to be continued)

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