Emo

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word emo or emotional?I bet most of you out there are thinking; cutting wrist, sadness and depression? no? you know I'm right..

Well happiness is an emotion too right? so is fear, anger, excitement, anxiety, guilt, love, hate etc.. So how come out of all these, people would think of sadness more then any other with regards to emotions. For a whole lot of reasons, I could guess.. For one, being emotional often clouds one judgment, which in turn often leads to wrong decisions. So you could be filled with positive emotions, happiness and that sort, but in your highly emotional state you go do something you regret.. that can be pretty depressing..

'Emotion, in its most general definition, is an intense mental state that arises autonomically in the nervous system rather than through conscious effort, and evokes either a positive or negative psychological response. An emotion is often differentiated from a feeling'