Do you agree that "emotions have a collective existence — they are not just an individual phenomenon”?
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Yes. That is where the concept of "Mob Mentality" shows itself. A group can and does develop a collective conscience complete with emotion.
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"No man is an island entire of itself..." "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee" Yes..we are not alone and cannot exist alone, no matter how independent we believe ourselves to be..that which predates us lives in us and we carry it forward and hand it off to those who follow us. :)
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I'm not really sure about "collective emotional states," but I would bet my next year's pay on a "collective subconscious."
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Yes I think they do, that is why happiness can be so uplifting and a small setback can snowball into depression.
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I'm sure that I am affected by the emotions of others. When a friend is sad, it makes me sad. When they are happy, it can make me feel happy too.
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I disagree. I think our emotions are all in our heads. However, humans (and some other species) do have the ability to read the emotions of others and show empathy, so in some ways they are shared.
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What is so collective at me getting pissed or horney or sad or self-distructive? Provided, of course, I don't go postal and kill a bunch of people, in which case, it would be collective for sure
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If you have ever experienced a riot you know the truth therein.
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Sure, your individual emotions are a product of many past experiences such as death, birth of a child, injury, relationships etc. You don't automatically cry when you watch someone die or smile when you hold an infant.
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They are both. Everyone has emotions. But, if a lot of people have the same emotion you have a football game, or a mob, or a riot, or a revolution, or a war. The emotions feed off one another.
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Usually I agree. I've seen how a smile can brighten someone's day. I try to be infectiously uplifting around others. I keep my morose moments for times of solitude.
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Emotionality is highly complex, so I agree. I think most emotions are a result of originating from either a place of LOVE or a place of FEAR. The emotional responses in each set can be interwoven to create very complicated feelings and situations. Communication can do little when one doesn't even understand what he/ she feels. One is seldom ever ONLY angry, sad, scared, or jealous. I think of emotions as a Pandora's Box, and when you are in-tune to your feelings, you open up the whole scope of possibilities and reactions that explain the phenomenon of human reactivity.
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I agree with Jung's "collective unconscious" deal, Rickster. ;-)
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More often than not others make one emotional, but ones emotions are an individual matter; unless you know & feel & share the same wonders of nature.
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I totally agree. I have seen the healing force of universal love!
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Ive never heard of that before, but it makes sense in most situations where humans are together. However, it would be wrong to say that emotions *only* exist collectively - else we could not feel when alone in the dessert.
MrJosh 
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