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[johnpalmer]

kightp and I were discussing something today. Upon reflection, who out there thinks that sensing one's own emotional state could be thought of as a sense, like, e.g., the kinesthesic sense (I think that's the name of the sense that lets you determine your body's position)?

Do you think that thinking of it in that sense might mean something? i.e., it'd be useful to think of it as a sense one can develop/sharpen... or think of it as something that could be sharper or duller in different people, etc.?

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[karenkay.livejournal.com]

And yes, I agree.

Since I recently re-started with a Pilates trainer, this has been on my mind a lot. The trainer was impressed with how well I feel and understand my body, and she characterized this as learned. I explained that it wasn't learned, but that Pilates gave me vocabulary and expression of what I have known all along. You CAN learn this, I guess. And I suppose I have learned some. But it was mostly all there for me.

I think that emotional state is like that, too, that sometimes you CAN sense it yourself, but don't have a way to describe it or articulate it. And sometimes, of course, you have to learn to sense it. And some people just know.

I just looked at the discussion for the wikipedia article, and someone posted this: "Kinesthesia is one aspect of proprioception, just like hot/cold discrimination is one aspect of the sense of touch." I think that's useful.