Physical Manifestation of Emotion

now playing So Slow by Ari Hest via last.fm

So on the subject of emotion. Two weeks ago I decided I wanted to write a post about something that I suppose is an emotion. Or at least a physical symptom of one. You know that way you feel from excitement and anticipation walking down the stairs Christmas morning? Or the way you feel when you found out something you shouldn't and sorta feel guilty about it but are still happy you found out? I had a lot more examples but I think those are enough in addition to a description of it.

Whenever I've felt this way, including recently, the emotion or whatever has been so strong that my head was completely cleared by it and I become much more conscious of a really intense heartbeat. It's sort of shock but also a small amount of awe (especially when you find out something you shouldn't have).

This connects to my last post because I find this physical manifestation of emotions very interesting as well. What happens in a person's head to make their heart beat differently? Why does stress or nerves cause sweaty palms or shaking? Weird! But again, cool...

And I may or may not have found out something I shouldn't have ;)