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Are emotions rational or irrational?
One can have both rational and irrational reasons to get emotional. But emotions themself are expressions of something.
1 min readApr 18, 2022
* They are neither rational nor irrational, it’s your reaction to said emotions that gives them characteristics
* No, emotions impair rational thought. In some circumstances, it can be reasonable to react with emotion. However, the emotion itself emerges from the gut, not the logical mind.
* rational, but the action resulted by the emotion is irrational
* Emotions just are. The reaction one has can be rational or irrational.
* Depends on how you interpret a feeling being felt at the moment.
* One can have both rational and irrational reasons to get emotional. But emotions themself are expressions of…