Does emotion cloud your clarity of thought?

I think, I am carried away by my emotions when it comes to my loved ones. I always think through heart and that could be the reason I have been repeatedly faltered by the decisions I made in life. My mom thinks my emotions obscure my mind so much so that I hardly could see a few kilometers ahead! Every time she tells me this, I sat down and reconsider. It shakes me off my emotions. Only last week, I wanted to bring a little puppy to my house. It was shivering in rains outside. My mom and I brought it to our terrace and gave some biscuits. Next morning, I told my mom that I was going to keep hi forever. My mo said hat its not feasible since my parents live in another home in Orissa half the month and I come to office. Who's going to take care of him? I was keen and reasoned with her but them thought it was wise to let go. My mom is very level headed and judicious and she keeps saving me all the time. I am getting wiser, at least trying to be so. PS: I love this beautiful discussion, Kala.

I guess I function from emotions and follow my heart too often instead of my brain! I am a lot more practical now that I am older but being a mum it is a constant battle between what my intellect instructs me to do in order to guide my daughter through life and what my heart feels. My husband is typically more practical and seldom allows emotions to take over his decisions.

I am carried away by emotional attachment to the people I like.I just cannot deny it.I am a just man of heart than brain.May be that attitude has never impaired the decisions where I have to use my brain.I know always that I am taking the right decision.But it is never a surgical and practical one.I always allow room for the consideration of the others.May be that is may weak or the strongest point.

i do try to think from a practical aspect but i am too emotional and tend to think from the heart,that is why when it involves certain important decisions,i take my hubbys opinion also.(hes very practical)

Hi Kala! I sometimes get carried away by my thoughts or emotional attachement to some persons, however, I try to be as reasonable, rational and practical as much possible. I try my best to express my clear thoughts, instead of covering up the reality. You see I do not believe in communicating impractical advice to any one, be it my close relatives or friends. I tell him that, what has to happen has happned, now we should see, what best we can do in the given circumstances.

Hi Kala, my hubby is very emotional. Now, with age he's changed a lot, but earlier, most of his decisions were out of emotions, and for that reason we've suffered a lot in life as you know, people try to take advantage of such persons.

I think I am guilty of letting my emotional attachment to a person sometimes cloud my thoughts on specific issues, it makes it very hard sometimes to know what steps or reaction I should actually have. I think for people that tend to think more from the heart then from the head it makes it difficult to seperate.

Well Kala,this is really a tough question to answer....I am actually a libran and a balanced person by nature.When ever I make decisions I try to be impartial and try to do justice to all persons concerned....But when issues crop up involving loved ones its sometimes difficult to make tough decisions.But I try to compromise to a certain extent so as not to hurt any one,but at the same time try to stay within my limits of priciples and beliefs .I know I can never compromise on my beliefs and my integrity and will never favour any one to such an extent that it will go against my conscious and end up giving me sleepless nights.......... Have a nice day.....

I do believe that this is true and I am guilty of letting my emotions do the thinking rather than my brain. Depending on the person and the situation I would be more sympathetic and because of the emotional attachment to the person I would not be able to give a clear answer or something that I should have said no to I usually don't. For example, if a relative says can you take a look at my computer, since it's someone close to me even if I'm busy I would say yes I'll do so for you and see what's wrong with it. Instead of taking care of what I have to do, I let me emotional attachment to that person give me an answer that I would have not given otherwise. I think that this is not a good trait to have but it makes me who I am.