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comment by BLOB_CASTLE
BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Work, Knowledge, and Emotion

This is very interesting, I don't know that I've ever thought of emotion in this way. I suppose I've always just thought that the emotions I'm fully aware of experiencing at a specific moment are the only ones I'm feeling at that moment. But what you're saying is that like on a smart phone, there are "background emotions," if you will, that run even without us being fully aware of them. This definitely explains why a person could feel anxious, and have not a single clue as to why.