As we get older do we lose emotion and become more cynical?
2007-11-25 17:11:43 · 11 answers · asked by burgler09 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Some do of course, but it is not a requirement. Some become wise & learn discernment.
2007-11-25 19:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by Just Be 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A loss of emotion isn't a natural consequence of aging. I think people who are reflective about things tend to have more balance in their emotional reactions as they get older. They become more realistic, not necessarily cynical.
2007-11-26 01:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by Máire Siobhán 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, no. Personally, I've traded emotions, rather than lost them. Wonderment for depression. Innocence for far too much understanding. Hope for Acceptence of fate.
Have I become more cynical? Very much so, yes.
2007-11-26 01:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by scottp5657 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, people are just deceived by outside factors beyond our feelings and thoughts. We're not really losing them. Actually, I've been into thinking that as we grow older, emotions became more complex and as we look back on the past, you can see the difference, if not, the intensity of each that's why I think that emotions are just deceiving us.
2007-11-26 08:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by confused13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think we lose emotions. I think we learn to identify different types of emotions.
2007-11-26 01:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lexxy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think we go emotionless, its just that we known this world so much that we are not amused or surprised once it happens again, like when someone tells me that they had a car accident and they are alive, Im like: "Oh okay, at least they are okay."
I don't get all dramatic about it anymore.
2007-11-26 01:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by Soul Jah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We mature as we grow so how we show and use our emotions reflect how much maturity we have.
2007-11-26 01:22:27 · answer #7 · answered by holy_moo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would appear so and then something tragic happens and brings us back into reality. Funny on how Life works.
2007-11-26 01:15:15 · answer #8 · answered by elguapo_marco_2008@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you just used to emotions and it affects you less.
2007-11-26 01:30:12 · answer #9 · answered by asphyxia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think we lose emotion do we?
2007-11-26 01:14:55 · answer #10 · answered by Kenton C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋