EMOTION LOCATION THREAD:
Of the following options, you most feel anger in your ____ area
- face/head54.2%
- throat7.9%
- chest27.3%
- solar plexus/upper stomac10.6%
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Of the following options, you most feel love in your ____ area
- throat5.9%
- chest57.7%
- solar plexus/upper stomac22.8%
- lower abdomen13.7%
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of the following options, you most feel grief in your ____ area
- throat27.7%
- chest39.1%
- solar plexus/upper stomac19.5%
- lower abdomen13.6%
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this one's interesting, grief for me feels clearly a lower-abdomen thing. when i'm deep in grief it's like my lower abdomen is glowing, i'm surprised ppl are saying chest and throat so much
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I always felt emotion mostly in my mind, not as a bodily sensation. I was surprised when I first learned that emotion means physical sensation for most people. I am wondering if that's common or I am really weird.
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If you are trying to reproduce the emotion atlas study: There is a newer one that looks at how culturally universal that is.
research.aalto.fi/en/publication
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Solar plexus thing? A place where emotional connections are made. I’m throat centered I think.