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 PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE / DISPASSIONATE

I know that some people carefully, rationally weigh alternatives when they come to a fork in the road. I’m typically not like that. Often my needs seem urgent and my actions are guided by powerful feelings--fear, anger, jealousy, love, lust, frustration, intuition, sympathy, courage, possessiveness, insecurity, sociability, hostility, sorrow, etc. (Note: Rather than acting in goal-oriented, measured fashion, this person’s actions are often based on primitive urges or childish reactions.  In contrast, a dispassionate person can be stoically indifferent to pleasure or pain, and often unmoved by joy or grief. Decisions are made after careful deliberation, free from passion, unaffected by emotions. The differences in these people can be traced to differences in brain biochemistry.)

Related Words, Beliefs, Background --38 entries

More to Explore -- Worldview Themes #18A : Passionately Impulsive 

Emotion  (from online encyclopedia)
Emotions, List of  (from online encyclopedia)
Anger (from online encyclopedia)
Impulsivity
Emotions  (from eqi.org) 
Emotional Ignorance -- What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
6 Seconds: The Emotional Intelligence Network
Impulsive Behavior as a Relic of a Hunter - Gatherer Past (research from U. of Minnesota)
"Why Teens Are Such Impulsive Risk Takers" (November, 2007 news report on brain research findings)
"Guilt Won't Stop Impulsive Shoppers, Researchers Say" (2007 CBC article)
"Study: Emotion Rules the Brain's Decisions", by Dan Vergano (2006 USA Today news report)
Why We Feel: The Science of Human Emotions, by Victor S. Johnson (read this1999 book--Google Books)
The Two of Me: The Rational Outer Me and Emotional Inner Me, by J. Birtchnell (2003 book, Google Books)
"Personality Influences the Brain's Responses to Emotional Situations More Than Thought" (2001 news report)
"Why We Love" by Jeffrey Kluger (Jan. 26 2008 Time article on the science behind love)
The Neurobiology of Trust, by Paul J. Zak (June, 2008 Scientific American article)
Passionate Love Scale (15 question quiz to gauge the intensity of your passion from E. Hatfield & S. Sprecher)
Dealing With Hyperactive / Impulsive Behavior  (from Family Education website)
Irrational Behavior
Impulsive Behavior Forum (from Learning Disabilities & ADHD website)
Whole Psychiatry: Reactivity
Gratification (from online encyclopedia)
Mindfulness (from online encyclopedia)
The Power of Mindfulness (a Buddhist perspective)
quotes related to impulsive
quotes related to passion, passionate

More to Explore -- Worldview Themes #18B: Dispassionate

Stoicism  (from online encyclopedia)
Deferred Gratification (from online encyclopedia)
Stoicism--A Lurking Presence (connects stoicism with the development of psychotherapy, counseling, personal development)
The Stoics on why we should strive to be free of the passions
Stoic Warriors, by Nancy Sherman (review of 2005 book about the history of stoicism in the military)
Stoic Serenity: A Practical Course on Finding Inner Peace, by Keith Seddon (read excerpts at Google Books)
Don't Worry, Be Stoic--Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times, by Peter J. Vernezze (read excerpts at Google Books)
The Stoic Foundation
A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe (stoicism has major role in this 1998 novel; from online encyclopedia)
Decision Making  (from online encyclopedia)
Emotions in Decision-Making  (from online encyclopedia)
Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely (2008 book about how emotions, social norms, etc affect decisionmaking)
The Mind of the Market, by Michael Shermer (more on this 2007 book about emotions in decision-making
Rationality (from online encyclopedia)
Emotional Detachment (from online encyclopedia)
Emotional Reason: Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature of Value, by Bennett W. Helm (on Google Books)
The Battle Between Your Emotional and Rational Mind, by Dr. John Schinnerer (nine page article)
Our Brains and Decision-making: Emotional or Rational, by Patti Krakoff
How the Brain Controls Emotions (2006 neuroscience news report)
Understanding the Brain and Emotions (website produced by psychology grad student Dawn Neumann)
Neuroeconomics (from online encyclopedia)
Emotions, Decisions, and the Limits of Rationality, by Peter A. Ubel (article from Medical Decision Making J.)
Dispassionate (from online dictionary)
The Serenity Prayer
A Simple Guide to Life (a Buddhist perspective -- see chapter 7: "Controlling the Emotions")
Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation  (book & book review)
quotes related to apathy
quotes related to dispassionate

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