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If emotions/feelings are notifications not instructions/orders, give an example of one emotion and what it notifies about? (lemmy.world)

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Pain. It notifies you that your body is injured in some way, and generally in what area so that you can do something about it.

That being said, I think your original premise is oversimplified. I agree that emotions aren't instructions, but they're more than notifications--they're part of the inner workings of our brains that can happen for a multitude of reasons. The common denominator is that most of them help us survive in some way.