• Question: why do we have emotions?

    Asked by ailhep123 to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by eliotbenvie.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ailhep123
      The basic reason we have emotions is to help us make judgements, strange as that may sound. You may feel you’re sometimes led astray by your ‘heart’ and it’s best to follow your ‘head’, but for example if you hear a noise in your house in the dead of night, your emotional response causes a release in chemicals that will make you alert and able to ‘fight or flee’.

      There’s more information on this website

      http://www.open2.net/healtheducation/body_mind/whyemotions.html

      Hope this answers your question 🙂

    • Photo: Tim Fosker

      Tim Fosker answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Great answer from @Suzi. I can’t really add anything to that.

Comments