Emotionalism...the bane of the Autistic...

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Emotionalism can also denote an inclination to rely on or place too much value on emotion when dealing with issues or confrontations, as opposed to resorting to reason when dealing with reality.

A figure often associated with emotionalism is Adolf Hitler, for he often used emotionalism to entice his followers. He would appeal to his audience's emotions while speaking, which led to massive encouragement from the Germans in whatever he wanted to do."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotionalism

Emotionalist philosophies (i.e. religions) focus more on emotional needs rather than intellectual needs...
As a typical autistic, I value reason over satisfying emotional concerns which inspired my motto: "I'd rather live a harsh truth than a comfortable lie..."

Recently I have come across a study which indicates that most people (neurotypicals) make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, which is in keeping with what I perceive to be NT mindset bias.

I would be interested in knowing how many accept what I have written as self evident, something to consider or incompatible with their own person beliefs.

Incompatible. Anyone can be emotional, even many of us who are alexithymic, though we may experience fewer different types of emotion. Also, I find Aspies and Neurotypical's alike turn to emotional appeals to get what they want and may use emotional appeals to manipulate. Not everyone, but many people in either group.

OP, unlike the first two posters, damn lies and statistics, I agree with you. I logically think through every decision I make, looking for the appropriate one. It seems like most NT's just go by "gut", which is a merely a meme for using emotion. Also of interest to you would be researching "mob mentality" and how everyday normal people get sucked into group emotions and end up doing atrocious acts. People need logic to function but crave emotion like an addiction so they'll forgo logic in favor of emotion almost every single time unless completely necessary. People get a rush of endorphins (feel good chemicals) from successful social interaction, social interaction is only successful in humans when there's a strong emotional component, therefore there's a correlation between emotional thinking and feeling good.

I think that logic can also lead to terrible decisions. I think we need both. I mean if you only use cold logic then what need is there for handicapped people? For sick people? That is where emotion comes in and saves us from being soulless a**holes. We need and should use both. I am an emotional person but that does not mean that I let other people’s emotions rule over mine or that I’m incapable of logic.
I think that the key is to not succumb to one or the other alone. Be aware of manipulation (emotional) and don't let logic alone tell you what is right, I think that will lead you far from other people.
But I can think that overemotional people in combination with stupidity is a dangerous combination.

Trust me, when I've had autistic meltdowns, it's all emotion. Same with my daughter, who's been diagnosed with PDD-NOS.

Is a meltdown a display of emotions? Or should I ask, is it an outlet for surpressed emotions.

Kraichgauer, I didn't see your post. It looks like you've half answered my question.

Emotions underly all rational decision of human beings and are considered the core underlying force of cognitive executive functioning.

People who have poor regulation of emotions, including repressing pro-social emotions; most often have poor cognitive executive functioning in terms of short term working memory and focus to get almost anything done in life.

Human emotions emote human action; same as emotions emote actions in other social animals.

http://www.examiner.com/article/how-emotions-underly-quality-of-human-intentions-and-actions

Although in distant past, ideologies of the philosophy of emotions have been defined as weaker aspects of human nature; science today, shows with little to no doubt that emotional regulation is both important for cognitive executive functioning as well as overall health to moderate the ill effects of Chronic stress. Somatic pain ranging from headaches to stomach aches are more often caused by a mind and body out of balance, as emotions do flow throughout the body in feeling and sensing the world as an integral whole.

Eastern Philosophies have practiced arts of mind and body balance for thousands of years; and the results have always been clear that these folks enjoy a much higher quality of life in healthy well being. Science as slow as it can be in the clunky scientific method is now just catching up on what truly wise human beings have known all along.

A spoon-fed culture of mechanical cognition ways, as science now also shows, represses the social cognition mind of human beings that does most definitely regulate emotions in ways of non-verbal intelligence and reciprocal social communication.

And now movement and art therapies are being used successful in helping autistic children better regulate their emotions and integrate senses, and in doing so increase focus and short term working memory to successfully integrate into larger humanity; that has lesser issues in successfully regulating emotions and integrating senses, through much greater physical intelligence.

The worst possible thing any autistic person can do, who has difficulty reciprocally socially communicating with other folks is to discount the absolute necessity in life to increase emotional intelligence in life through greater physical intelligence in mind and body balance.

I've cured the reciprocal communication deficits of my Autism, as verified by doctors, through a practice of ballet and martial arts style dance walk now closing in on 3700 miles in a little over 21 months, through irrefutable evidence on my blogs, for the naysayers in life who say Autism cannot be cured.

Other people can do it too; but sitting behind a computer still, and not trying to do it in real flesh and blood life, will never allow one success in real flesh and blood life. And to be clear that's okay with me if that's all folks want to do in life.

But yes, there is so much more that folks are missing out that they could be experiencing in life; that makes an online life pale in comparison. But don't take my word for it.

Try it. One might just like it OR not, or whatever...

And when you consider the Nazis, they were reacting rationally but it was only rational to them and not to everyone else since they were German and felt threatened because of The Treaty of Versailles. They saw it as an attempt to wipe Germany and the German people out of existence. It's what they believed and this treaty did cause hardships for a great many of them so it wasn't pure, unfounded paranoia. So they started thinking logically, as in, we must get them before they get us, and they started lashing out against whom they rationally thought were their enemies. It's not like the Nazis existed without thought. Hitler was just having spastic fits in an effort to appeal to the German proletariat since Nazism was primarily a political party representing the proletariat.

So you see, the Nazis, from their own point of view, were being rational, logical, and without emotion. Get rid of the ones who aren't useful to the betterment of the German state, find new places for Germans to live, use the enemy as sources of slave labor and the state will prosper. Completely rational and very little if any emotion for the ones they exploited for the betterment of the state.

And ironically, per the 'OP'; just in 'your' words here, 'you' display an 'incredible' amount of 'negative emotionalism'; that vary from threatening people by reporting them to the moderators and personally attacking them by calling them trolls.

I've been posting here for closing in on 5 years now; and never in my life have I seen an overall group of people who are so controlled by negative emotions that they cannot even control their own language, as written word.

At least they have time to look out at it, and reconsider the negative emotionalism of personal attacks; as it is clear in the science of debate that personal attacks are the lowest level of critical analysis and debate in life; however, 'they' prove time and time again; that they themselves are controlled by negative human emotions.

And this is where emotional regulation comes into play; eliminating the negative human con-social emotions that CAN control behavior into dark; and instead, increasing the positive human pro-social emotions into light.

And this is where the bio-feedback, in the physical imaginative and creative activity of the much greater potential of physical/emotional intelligence of movement comes into play, as the emotions do run through the entire body; and to gain mastery over one's body in balance, is most definitely to gain mastery over one's regulation of emotions and integration of senses;

Like the Ice princess in the 'Frozen' movie does when she dances in the snow; she lets all the con-social emotions go; including false guilt and shame; and literally swirls in the positive flow of pro-social emotions..

It works for folks who practice it, in real flesh and blood physical action. For those who just talk about it; little is ever accomplished.

Thinking is not enough. Moving and feeling is required.