Reading the article about these truly emotionless people, and Damasio’s study of it, I feel more strongly than ever that emotions are a very big part of life. Previously, I always thought of emotions as menacing. In example, once, I fought with a friend and I couldn’t think about anything but that fight. Because of that, I cannot get anything done. Because I am feeling so angry and sad about that fight with the friend, I am unable to get things done. Because of this, I would hate having emotions, and I wished to have no emotion many times. I believed that things would be done better if it’s done with logic and reasoning.
However, after reading this passage, I started to have different views on how important emotion is. Reading about Phineas Gage and Elliot has helped me notice how important emotion is in life. Previously I thought that emotions didn’t help with making decisions, but it turns out that it has a lot to do with making decisions, too. Elliot had a hard time truly getting to a decision because he would just ramble on about the pros and cons of each decision. However, if one bases emotions on it, then they just feel like meeting at a certain time. They are able to just make hastier decisions.
