Posted by mi nación malvada on October 11, 2004, at 22:26:18
In reply to Re: Are emotions associated with time of day?, posted by alexandra_k on October 11, 2004, at 21:17:53
There are circadian rhythms that are reputed to affect emotions. Circadian rhythms are usually associated with cosmic cycles, not with cycles in human activity.
Late-night anxiety often correlates, though not necesarily causally, with changes in anthropogenic sources of stimulation. Modern humans constantly perform behaviors that would be considered aggressive if performed by animals. They make constant loud sounds with there locomotion machines; they invade the darkness with light that intrudes on others; they produce obnoxious gasses, ranging from grossly contrived food smells to perfume smells intended to affect emotion to noxious gasses associated with industrial processes. In short, we have become a loud, stinking obnoxious species. When this all quiets down, late at night, there could be some anxiety. Maybe we are comforted by the company of our out-of-control species and its constant obnoxious invasion of our senses, much the way kidnap victims often develop a bond with their captors. When the noise and light and stench fades in the stillness of sweet nighttime, we may become anxious because of our separation from a source of comfort we know in our innermost mind to be sick.
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