1870 || when our emotions aren't ours

Our emotional states are heavily influenced by the stories we hear, but we tend to forget the narrative and only remember the "feelings". This means we can be influenced by stories that are completely made up. So, we can easily adopt feelings that aren't rooted in reality, but feel so real to us (the feeler), that we start to believe these feelings are facts.

Emotions are movable. They connect us to "this and that". They move us, connect us, attach us, and transform us.

We have the feelings, but erase the history of the feeling so that the feeling feels natural, and the story becomes irrelevant. This is how people can become emotionally attached to their own subordination.

Norms appear through the concealment of repetition.

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