first emotions, emotional development...

[epath13]

Wasn't sure how to name that. My primary interest is love, or generally liking someone, jealousy and envy. When you're a little kid did you identify those emotions? I might have identified envy but others... Not sure. It almost felt like I could feel those but I probably did I just couldn't identify them until maybe... 9-10. And even then it was confusing. What about you guys? Even if you didn't identify them, did you feel them towards your family members, friends, maybe even pets?

 

[Occasional_Demon]

Hard to say with this one. I guess my initial emotions were the strong, primal ones. "Fear" would probably be the biggest emotion for me, but I think that was more from a bad childhood than anything else.

 

[tree]

I thought love was an activity, not a feeling.
It's possible to feel the effects of love.
It's possible to feel the effects of lack of love.

I have to provide my own definition/understanding of the term, 'love,' because one was not given.
Love: providing care (support, encouragement, safety, well being) toward another being.

What I don't think love is: "a strong feeling of wanting to be with someone" That's what a teenager told me once.
Also I don't think it is a yearning/craving or preference: "I love ice cream." An adult with an IQ of 43 told me that.

I have loved living beings. I have thrived because living beings loved me.
I recognize those experiences.

 

[AsheSkyler]

Envy? No. Envy to me means "I want exactly what they have", and I do not because it has THEIR germs all over it. Desire, possibly. Very possible. I don't remember ever NOT having a crush on some guy or another. My mom says when I was 3 or 4, I was very upset in church because my first fascination was there too and I couldn't understand why we couldn't get married since we were already at a church. I don't have many memories of jealousy or possessiveness towards people, although I was highly territorial over my favorite cartoon characters.