Food for thought, these questions have been running through my head, please, give me your answers. Any and all thoughts are welcome and appreciated
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laughing: i think it can be both. i think that certain you laugh because you know you should or you think it would be appropriate. At the same time though there are times when i am laughing so hard that there is no way it could just be a conditioned response, it would have to be so much more, in fact pure enjoyment.
smiling: imitation is the highest form of flattery, so maybe babies see parents smile and copy thinking that this is something good.
crying...i do know not honestly know how to answer that or even how to discuss it intelligently at all. i think it might be without explantation.
sympathy: i think that we have some amount of sympathy as a direct relation to who raised you, how you were raised, and also human condition. i do however believe that you can cultivate those emotions. You can increase your sympathy/hatred by conditioning yourself.
love: yes, all people can love. both, i think you love instictively but learn the appropriate ways and things to love. yes, i think that if you weren't hugged as a child you are going to think that hugging that strange. If you were never shown that saying i love you is ok then i think you will have a hard time saying i love you.
Ahh, my large hearted, poetic friend, I would have expected no less then answers as wonderful as these from you. However, in light of your answer to the last question, I have another, if you didn't receive the attention as a child, does that open up a possibility for the opposite? Could a person starved for affection in turn, end up completely clingy and to some degree co-dependant, perhaps even be too willing to say 'I love you' without really knowing what it is to be in love?
yes, i think that is exactly what happens. children grow up and realize that they need love, that they are missing love, and that they will search for it. The problem is they look in th all the wrong places, open legs, bottles, the boy next door who smokes with them. There are millions of people who are searching with everything to find something to fill a void. They say i love you and don't mean it they say it because they think that will make the other person love them. make the other person stick around and show them some type of affection/attention.
smiling: imitation is the highest form of flattery, so maybe babies see parents smile and copy thinking that this is something good.
crying...i do know not honestly know how to answer that or even how to discuss it intelligently at all. i think it might be without explantation.
sympathy: i think that we have some amount of sympathy as a direct relation to who raised you, how you were raised, and also human condition. i do however believe that you can cultivate those emotions. You can increase your sympathy/hatred by conditioning yourself.
love: yes, all people can love. both, i think you love instictively but learn the appropriate ways and things to love. yes, i think that if you weren't hugged as a child you are going to think that hugging that strange. If you were never shown that saying i love you is ok then i think you will have a hard time saying i love you.
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