# Do we control our emotions?

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**Created:** [January 15, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/do-we-control-our-emotions/10660 "2024-01-15T05:48:05Z")\
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> [@inthedarkness](#):
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> Reality isn’t an in our minds thing, it’s something that is out there.

Correct, our PERCEPTION of the Reality that is.

> [@inthedarkness](#):
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> We don’t directly perceive reality just our brain’s best guess of what that is.

Sure, our body and senses do observe reality directly enough, (including sound, and light waves and such - then brain does a lot of processing and imaging. Check out Dr. Robert Sapolsky for details to parts of this.

All we know is produced by environment/body/brain, and visualized within our minds.

Does that make any sense to you?

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