How Do We Affect Our Emotions?

There are two popular theories about where emotions come from. One is called cognitive appraisal, which says that the experience of an emotion is actually you evaluating if your current situation alines with your goals or expectations. The other theory is called physiological perception, which is all about the emotions we subconsciously assign to the physical changes in our body. And what's interesting is that both these theories also play into how we assess the emotions of other people. Our brains are hard wired to pick up these subtle cues in our roment and make it possible for the other person's emotions to jump and attach to you.