Do you ever feel as though sometimes you exhibit animal like tendencies? It has nothing to do with being unintelligent, uncivilized or ignorant it’s just things you can’t control. Here are a few examples of times when I felt as though I was exhibiting animal like tendencies.
So one time I got injured, I don’t remember how though I had been drinking, it’s a long and crazy story anyway I woke up and I had abrasions and cuts on various spots on my body, pretty serious ones to, my sheets were bloody in some spots when I woke up.
Anyway so for some unexplained reason I felt this intense urge not to leave my dorm for the next couple of days, not even because I was embarrassed by the wounds or anything the dorm was probably like 12’x10’ or something like that and I felt like an animal that was in its den licking its wounds it is difficult to portray feeling but it definitely felt animal like.
Another time I remember being hungry and remembering there was this roast beef in the fridge,this was at my house not at my dorm. I was hungry at the time and I thought our cabinets were empty but I remember remembering we had this meat down there and I suddenly felt this feeling that I’ve never felt before that can only be described as carnivorous, it was very unusual and rather intense. This might sound like a joke, I really wish it were possible for people to understand how I felt at that moment. I reflected on it while I was eating and it definitely the most satisfying meal I’ve ever had. Usually you get hungry and you try to relieve your feeling of hunger but this time it felt more mental and more carnivorous.
So I’ve just begun to realize that on some level I dislike being around all other males, that is I dislike their presence. It isn’t a strong feeling but it’s definitely there. I mean obviously I have friends who I like to be around, who the enjoyment outweighs this dislike but it still feels animal like nonetheless. Kind of like if you put two cats of the same gender by each other they might hiss at each other but usually they look pissed and to a much lesser degree I dislike being around other males. This doesn’t prevent me from getting along with others, it’s just there.
Do any of you ever feel as though sometimes you have moments where your decision making process is entirely different? Much more decisive and much more intense, independent of reason. I do not know if animal like is the right word but that is how I felt. I don’t think these are a result of some environmental factors I’ve been through either. IDK why I decided to share this here but usually this community has some interesting things to say.
Well if the post was “I like to kill people that I invite into my house and feed their body to pigs”, then he would have sufficient information to make that decision with a fair degree of certainty. And yes, we all have animal like behavior to some extent. The trick is to figure out which behavior is warranted in modern civilization and which should be surpressed or checked.
Societal cooperation is what “separates men from beasts”, but if if there was not an anti-social element to Man we would have no need for any conception of property and be living in Arcadian utopia.
So if everyone with criminal tendancies got teleported away from Earth, we would all share our toothbrushes? Conventions (like property) help people coordinate in society even when everybody has honest intentions.
Sounds to me like you’ve been stuck in your “head” for a long time and now you’re surprised after becoming conscious of the fact that you’re more than just your mental thoughts or beliefs. Completely normal though.
So if everyone with criminal tendancies got teleported away from Earth, we would all share our toothbrushes? Conventions (like property) help people coordinate in society even when everybody has honest intentions.
I don’t know how you got that out of what I said. This is Kant’s idea, not mine anyhow. Read his Philosophy of Law.
I’m not quite sure what you’re getting at. I think you’re realizing that people have to eat, and, people have to be around other people. It’s part of social cooperation. You may not like it- but you have to be around other people- males and females around for the rest of your life unless you want to be a loner, or, a player, or a pimp or whatever. I think that it’s natural for people to feel like they have to eat a lot, but, I’ve never saw myself as a carnivour because I eat meat. I can’t say that I’ve felt exactly as you felt. Perhaps you’re a vegetarian?
Are you talking to me SilentXarian? I eat paleo and am not a vegetarian. I, again, suggest you read either Kant’s work I cited or Cairn’s Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel.
There is an anti-social aspect to Man’s nature as well as a social one.
To me it seems like the OP is just becoming aware that he has intense physical emotions like everyone else has that goes beyond his own thought processes. Not to say that those emotions can’t be changed since emotions follow from beliefs. Truly believe that eating meat is horrendous and the animalistic feeling of being a carnivore wouldn’t be there when seeing meet.(rather it might come out as revolting)
The dislike of random males also comes from some belief you have inside about yourself or men in general. I don’t know you so I can’t pinpoint it- but I’m sure you can. Especially if you rather not be thrown off emotionally when seeing males you don’t know well.
To be clear I wasn’t saying that I think any of these feelings are abnormal, or even undesirable. I was just asking if anyone else just gets these random instances where it seems certain wants are different from your normal decision making process.
As for eating meat, I don’t think it is wrong it was more like a funny thing that happened, I guess it’s also worth noting that this happened after a long night of drinking, that’s why I was so hungry and at that moment I felt carnivorous and it was something that was highly satisfying. I guess what is to be learned from this more than anything is the impossibility to communicate unusual or complex feelings.