Feelings and emotions are two sides of the same coin. This video presents how feelings and emotions are linked through the sense of interception:
Feelings and emotions are everywhere in the learning process. For some reason, nature made working memory care for our sensory and emotional processing needs before some of the more cognitive plans we might have.
- Your bodily sensations capture your attention to be regulated. Thoughts and emotions as well.
- You remember what moves you better than what does not move you.
- Your emotional long-term memories influence your working memory.
- Your emotions towards learning, teachers, and co-students will likely be re-activated.
- Your emotional needs for mastery, autonomy and relatedness (or purpose) motivate you to engage with the learning materials.
Do you feel your need for sleep, food, fresh air, water, breaks and all the other physiological needs? Consider making a structure of a kind to help yourself attend to your needs kindly.
Not all people identify or express emotions easily. Not identifying emotions is sometimes called emotional blindness. Emotional expression can be both verbal and nonverbal and sometimes the expressions are not picked up. Maybe your temperament is very phlegmatic? How does it show if it is a problem for you in your life and when you study? Is it more like others expecting you to be a certain way? If you think it is a problem begin educating yourself regarding your “lack” of feelings, accept yourself and try looking for ways to take care of yourself.
Maybe you have intense emotions? How does it show if it is a problem for you or your surroundings?
No matter what, feelings are worth understanding and knowing how to regulate.
If you are an adult, who has lived as a competent one for a longer period, defined yourself and been defined as an equal to other competent adults. Do you feel incompetent now?