↪Outlander This comes from Tolstoy's observation about it in War & Peace? — Benkei
Sorrow all looks pretty much the same; anger all looks pretty much the same; amusement all looks pretty much the same: emotions in humans are expressed in the same physiological responses. — Vera Mont
No, emotions, either positive or negative, cannot be lumped in buckets. — Vera Mont
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy
If it does, it somewhat betrays Tolstoy's meaning, which is that there is no drama in a happy family; this relays the same observation that is made about "the News" - that good news is always boring, as also illustrated in every fairytale ending - "... and they all lived happily ever after." Contentment is the background normal life that drama interrupts, but not because it is one dimensional or 'the same', it simply requires no response, and sets no challenge. And that is what makes it appear one dimensional from the outside.
Does one not also get compassion fatigue when disaster becomes the normal condition? Another bombed hospital, glad I'm not there. — unenlightened
How could we demonstrate that this is the case? — Tom Storm
I guess it just seems to me there's always more "going on" when it comes to a negative experience or circumstance than a happy positive one where basically nothing is "going on" or like was said "requires no response" and "sets no challenge". — Outlander
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