Two sides, same coin
I've noticed something. You take certain emotions to a certain level and they end up being the same. Too much pleasure can feel like pain and vice versa. That's one of the reasons I think BDSM is so popular. You know what else feel remarkably similar? Excitement and fear.
Think about it for a second. The adrenaline rush is almost the same. I'm afraid to go to work because I think I will be fired, my heart pounds and I feel light headed. My palms sweat and I get the shakes. Now, instead of that, I'm excited to go to work because there's someone there I have a crush on. Again, my heart pounds, I feel light headed, my palms sweat and I get the shakes. One could say that in both situations I'm just "nervous." I'd argue that what are those two emotions but Good-nervous and Bad-nervous?
I'm feeling that way right now, an emotion that seems at one moment excitement, the next terror. My book is little more than inches from being published. All I'm waiting on now is some copy-editing for typos from a friend, but I could easily go out today and get this done... today.
And I can't even tell if the thought brings joy or dread. My guess is that it's both.
Think about it for a second. The adrenaline rush is almost the same. I'm afraid to go to work because I think I will be fired, my heart pounds and I feel light headed. My palms sweat and I get the shakes. Now, instead of that, I'm excited to go to work because there's someone there I have a crush on. Again, my heart pounds, I feel light headed, my palms sweat and I get the shakes. One could say that in both situations I'm just "nervous." I'd argue that what are those two emotions but Good-nervous and Bad-nervous?
I'm feeling that way right now, an emotion that seems at one moment excitement, the next terror. My book is little more than inches from being published. All I'm waiting on now is some copy-editing for typos from a friend, but I could easily go out today and get this done... today.
And I can't even tell if the thought brings joy or dread. My guess is that it's both.