I feel that I have linked my self-esteem or something to how new something is to me. I.e., if I already understand something, I might tell myself that “I shouldn’t be excited about this.”
I think more generally, our emotions might seem like they should correspond to certain facts (like whether something is “magical” in the case of awe), when in fact our emotions do not.
I feel that I have linked my self-esteem or something to how new something is to me. I.e., if I already understand something, I might tell myself that “I shouldn’t be excited about this.”
I think more generally, our emotions might seem like they should correspond to certain facts (like whether something is “magical” in the case of awe), when in fact our emotions do not.