Feelings

This unit on feelings was the most beneficial to me out of many of the other things we did in "Insight". Each day we started the class by logging what we were feeling at that exact time. I never really had much to write because I didnt have feelings that were that overt. I realized about my self however that my feelings are on sort of auto pilot throughout the day, as a defense mechaism if you will, for getting through the day at school.
One interesting thing we did was think "introspectivley" when I was in a bad mood one day. I noticed my bad feelings were held in upper body, which I have heard is where alot of your stress and emotional baggage is held.
We also discussed the meanings of the words feelings, mood, and emotional orientation. We defined feelings as some sort of emotional state that you are aware of (sometimes) that tends to last between 0:01 seconds and 0:29 seconds. Moods last between 0:31 seconds to 3:00 hours. A mood is longer and more intense than a feeling, your are often not aware of your mood. Lastly there is your emotional orientation which is your general outlook on life, this can last between six months and a lifetime.