Do emotions become less 'emotional' as you get older?

Tom.......you're fcukin bat shít crazy.
I like you.

You'll probably never be as happy/excited as a kid on Christmas morning (or any major event), but that level of emotion fades fairly quickly, so I think normal adult emotions can be just as strong at 18yr's as 81yr's.

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Like is being happy when your older actually less happy than being happy when your a child?

Tbh, I'm more worried about why a big black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit

Novalee Faithful Yachtsman wrote: »

As I grow older I realize that I'll never be any younger than I am right now and l live and get the same enjoyment from things as I did 40 yrs ago.

I'd hate to die old and realize I never lived, loved, laughed, cried and gotten angry at all the things in live from birth to death.

I think as I grow older and experience more life that my emotions actually grow and get stronger.

I'm 47.

That last piece of your post has hit a nerve with me and the reason being is what I've gone through has made me nearly emotionless. I'm almost afraid to cry or get really mad about anything. I haven't had a good laugh in ages either.

I hope to be just as full of emotions when I'm an old man, just different ones to now.

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

As people get older and their body slowly starts to deteriorate, does the brain also go through a similar process? Like is being happy when your older actually less happy than being happy when your a child?

I would have thought that as you grow older; unless you are unfortunately suffering from dementia or some form of; then your emotions would be as strong, if not stronger than when you are younger and you would still be in a position to understand the situations you find yourself in and be in position to emotionally respond accordingly.

As you age you have grown with experiences and situations that draw on emotion in some form. Just because your body is slowly deteriorating does not always mean your mind is also and something as small as seeing someone smile would rise strong emotions within you.

I hope to still find reasons to smile when I'm older and my body is deteriorating; hopefully I'll still have as strong a mind to pull me through any hardship.

Great thread btw!

I find myself "leveling off" emotionality wise I find that I don't have feelings of anticipation anymore thats the one I miss the most that said it is a consequence of aging. If it matters I am 24



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No, perhaps you have fewer new experiences, but you don't feel any less deeply in my opinion, you simply have enough experience of situations to measure and control your emotional response.

When I speak to my boss for example, I use phrases like 'I'll take that under advisement', or 'I see your point of view', rather than storming out of his office, slamming the door shouting 'I HaaAaATE U and I wish you'd never employed me!'
Just because age and experience has made me capable of one response over the other does not necessarily mean that I don't wan't to staple his tie to his smug face any less however.

the_syco wrote: »

Well, that fcuking sucks. Maybe get a couple of the latest kids film, and see if any of them will make you giggle? Personally, Despicable Me and a few of the Pixar ones have me in stitches

Or you could watch UP! and weep like a child for 90 minutes... eh not that I did but...


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If How to Train your Dragon doesn't pull some heart strings and make you smile you have no soul.