Do you ACT the way you FEEL?

Question

Please arrange the following sentences IN ORDER, putting the most profound or truest statement first. The last on the list should be least true. Each has a different meaning. Choose carefully. Think this through. What is the BEST order? (Examples=Brave,Insecure,Smart,Stupid,Lazy,Motivated...ect.)

You ACT the way you FEEL.
You ARE the way you ACT.
You Feel the way you ARE.
You ACT the way you ARE.
You ARE the way you FEEL.
You FEEL the way you ACT.

I admire those that take on the challenge of doing what I asked. Just think it through.

To jaytlow: Yes I will.

This deals with both Psychology and Philosophy. There really is a correct order. I will be glad when this is all over to provide the reasons why one of these is by far the most profound statement. I will also explain why others should be at the top or bottom of the list. Keep the answers comming. Thank you for thinking deeply. (It's good exercise for your mind.)

No more long answers please. Just put them in order with out explaining. (sorry vlad) The winner must have the first and the last one correct.(At the least) The more in order, the better.(To win.) Good luck.

* To Emma i - Please email me directly. (I can't reach you.) Thank you. *

>>> LAST CHANCE TO ANSWER. THANK YOU ALL FOR OF YOUR ANSWERS. THE CORRECT LIST WILL BE IN THE COMMENT SECTION AFTER THE WINNER IS PICKED. I WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE EXPLANATION OF WHY THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST, IS THE BEST ONE-TO BE LISTED FIRST. I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR THE COMPLETE LIST OF EXPLAINATIONS. (IT IS TOO BIG TO PUT IN HERE.) FEEL GOOD ABOUT ANY YOU MATCHED. THIS WAS A HARD AND DEEP QUESTION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PARTICIPATING. <<<

Answer 1

OK, here's my list:

You ARE the way you ACT.
You ACT the way you ARE.
You ARE the way you FEEL.
You FEEL the way you ARE.
You ACT the way you FEEL.
You FEEL the way you ACT.

However, I think that another parameter should be added, and that is what you think. What you think determines how you feel, act, and are more than anything else. Feelings arise out of thoughts more than the other way around. This is one of the characteristics of being human.

Answer 2

Think-act-feel.

Answer 3

I am new, but my answer would have to be in general society's terms as in obviously is not a permanent state and therefore not a definitive answer, since you wont want a long answer, I will just collect whatever points I get for this.

My reason - vlad_tepes_1430 gave the best answer, here he gave clear and precise arguments, for a list that would have, in my field of work been the same answer.

Not word for word but, all psychologists, similar to all people cannot be exactly the same, as was stated to you in the long answer.

Of course we have a working spell check, but no-one is perfect

This is my area of expertise

Question to - Vlad are you also working in an area of psychology?, if so can I mail you?

smart dude I hope won't mind me adding this.

Excellent question anyway, you have asked a question to really make people think and that is a very positive exercise for the mind as you stated. Expanding our understanding can never be underestimated, you certainly are a man who will not let the mind become slow, well done.

I look forward to your opinion, feel free to contact me.

Answer 4

You feel the way you are.
You act the way you feel.
You feel the way you act.
You are the way you feel.
You act the way you are.
You are the way you act.

{me as an individual..as it should be,in my opinion,except for the last one,not my own perception,but could be how I am perceived by shallow people}

Answer 5

Very.. interesting, I would agree Smart Dude it is both Psychology and Philosophy, of course one man's Philosopy is not anothers and even Psychologists have many approaches, neither being exact, although the former is somewhat more exact than the latter, as I am sure you agree

But, before you added that statement you did indicate you wanted the most profound or truest first, which is giving a little bit of a head trip, as I have great interest in both Philosophy and Psychology , as by my prior answers I am sure you know

But... and this is the trip, as you said there is one correct answer, but profound and true are not the same, Profound can be deep, serious, intense even, and will match easily with both subjects but true is a very rocky road, in particular for Philosophy as it lacks the strictness of pure fact, but Psychology is never 100% on certain levels, of fourse in Psychologicall at a basic level even you really only get as much as in you to give.

That all said I enjoy this and will give it a shot and the reasons why, It is good exercise for your mind as you said (such as my ind currently is)

1. You ARE the way you FEEL.

It fits the criteria of both Psychology and Philosophy,
let me explain my reason, the first answer that pops into your head is probably You Feel the way you ARE., however, this can be extremeley varied I will try to minimise my answer as best I can (I could go very deep but it will bore everyone to tears), until you are dead we can all agree that you ARE ,you exist and along as you exist Philosophically you FEEL no matter what state that is in, there is also numerous other reason or interpretations that make this, my reason that this is the truest statement here, as ACT is extremely open to interpretation.

2.You Feel the way you ARE.

I must put this second because, Generally it is true with both contexts however, the way you may FEEL at a given time again both Psychologically and Philosophically, is not necessarily who you are, so that you may FEEL the way you are in terms of its effect apon you, however in this case ARE can both be the perminent or it may be simply what has befallen you, positive or negative, the feeling is something that can change very rapidly so it is the way you ARE to some extent at that time.

3.This where my difficulty, really kicks, in that ACT is very open ended but I will play along - .You ACT the way you ARE.

You may go against yourself for along time, but it is extremely difficult not to to let your true nature shine through at some point, or for you to ACT the way you truly are and I dont mean acting in the shakespearian sense I mean to ACT out you as you ARE

4.You FEEL the way you ACT

I know not an obvious choice, But I am trying to deal with truth. Although we do not allways FEEL how we ACT, we internally will FEEL Psychologically we will always feel something as a result of the way we ACT ( it may simply be a performance), it may not not be Happy, if we are sad, or Brave if we are scared but, under both terms, opinion is your feeling can be changed by the way we ACT or, if we are simply being true then then if we FEEL happy we ACT happy, because we ARE happy.

5.You ACT the way you FEEL.

If the FEEL in this statement is interpretated as emotion, then then for most people it hard to surpress intense feelings, therefore there is a form of acting out, whether this be of a postive or negative nature even if there is or isn't anyone around then you ARE feeling therefore the feeling leads to the ACT I put it 5th because 1st you must FEEL, inspitite of how you ACT.

6.You ARE the way you ACT

Are we?, again under the terms of the question, it is truly hard to say, We always ARE but that does not mean that we allways are the way we ACT, which is why I ended up putting this last but You ACT the way you ARE at 3rd, because unless the ACT is is genuine, then it may not be at all related to who you truly are. For me this could in some ways be the true statement, however I am being general and even I do not allways, ACT as I truly am.

Now that I did list them, I would like you to indulge my answer just a while longer Smart Dude, you see when I read these statements (unless they are more in the style of an IQ Q, which may have changed my answer), I find my self looking at a psychological and behavioural profile, for a lot of people this will not be the same, although I do believe that is the point, too much of this is dependent on a person point of view, did everyone just take a test? LOL

At any rate I enjoyed the question A+, however If spoke purely for myself my list is a little different, 6 for example would not be so low on the list but the, society is a massive act,set on the global stage, with a lot of people interchanging lines that half of the time they either - dont mean, don't care about, or stick in their throat.
If anything I hope at least my opinions have interesting

I had a considerable amount of talking to do about this one, however I have spared you, it would have turned into a book if I had added every viewpoint to explore, then probably A hollywood Movie starring Kevin Spacey :)

Seriously though, one to make you think, good Q


Ps the best order would be different, at least for me than that which was most true. most probably close a reverse order of the list you gave us.

Warmest Regards Armand

Excuse typos Not feeling too hot and spell check wasn't working out for me either.

Answer 6

I'm sorry, I truly tried to think this through but I cannot place more importance on any single statement. Each encounter or day has so many variables for me, that any one of these statements could be truest or most profound depending on the situation.

I am looking forward to seeing the interpretations.
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(30 Aug) I'm going to give it a shot anyway....

I ACT the way I FEEL
I FEEL the way I AM
I AM the way I ACT
I ACT the way I AM
I AM the way I FEEL
I FEEL the way I ACT

Answer 7

Act the way u are,
are the way u feel,
feel the way u act,

Answer 8

You always act, and react, on the way you feel. (Up until now, I thought you are what you eat ... then I act completely different than what I feel!!) : )

Answer 9

You Feel the way you ARE.

You ARE the way you FEEL.

You FEEL the way you ACT.

You ACT the way you ARE.

You ARE the way you ACT.

You ACT the way you FEEL.

Answer 10

You FEEL the way you ACT.
You ARE the way you FEEL.
You ARE the way you ACT.
You ACT the way you ARE.
You FEEL the way you ARE.
You ACT the way you FEEL.