> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 evergreen</em></s> #### [[Emotions are how our brain stores thought processes]] 감정은 우리의 뇌가 사고 과정을 저장하는 방법이다. That gut feeling is a [[symbolization]] of past thought. That trigger is a [[abstraction]] of all your past fears - explains:: [[Triggers activate stored emotional responses for certain situations]] - why::[[Our brain actively inhibits us from processing repressed emotions]] - part of:: [[How memory works]] - contrasts:: [[Complex emotions are imperfect understandings of primal urges]], because those are genetic processes not cognitive processes that lead to [[emotions]] or perhaps more accurately they are how we store strings of sensory inputs aka [[Samskara]]s - related [[Symbolism increases human's capacity for cooperation]] on a higher level ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT *edited 7:48 PM - August 17, 2022* **Topics**:: [[emotions]], [[brain]], [[human experience]]