Emotions: 5 Emotional Ingredients In The Sauce Of Life
It is a fairly simple task for any self-respecting person to try to establish an analogy between the emotions or feelings that we can experience throughout our lives and the various flavors that we savor coming from the mixture of foods that make up our diet.
That pleasure we experience when tasting an excellent meal, which runs through our 5 senses and immerses us in a kind of state of fullness and harmony, due in part to the skill of a great chef to combine and cook food, can be similar to the state of abstraction underlying the contemplation of a beautiful natural landscape or the first days of a love that seemed impossible, for example.
Life can also evoke certain flavors at certain moments, as has been suggested in countless literary works, songs or films, which are part of the collective imagination as an emotional synesthesia. In this way, we could find the following associations among others:
1. Sweet
Following popular philosophy, we understand that sweet moments are those that are associated with moments of success, whether personal, professional or similar. We understand that a person goes through a sweet moment when things are going in line with their expectations or even better. We could compare said flavor then with emotions such as joy or sentimental states such as euphoria, satisfaction, love etc.
2. Salty
Saying that a person is salty (or ‘salá’ as the Andalusians would say) or that he has a salt shaker, fundamentally has to do with the ability that said person has to overcome his fear of making a fool of himself or of what others will say. That is to say, to orient yourself towards fun in everyday situations or in short, to enjoy certain events, knowing how to add an extra pinch of salt.
When we imagine a bitter person, we normally imagine a person who is angry with the world, complaining or moody, who has no difficulty expressing his anger left and right. We can also think of sad, or melancholic people who encounter difficulties to be able to enjoy their lives, regardless of whether or not there are objective factors that justify it.
4. Spicy
Saying that a situation has become spicy or that this or that person is “spicy” normally evokes a certain state of excitement, mainly of a sexual nature. related to emotional tension of a pleasurable nature, in most cases, caused by a “racy” situation. It is true that it cannot be said that everyone enjoys spicy food, just as there are people who, whether due to inexperience, personal modesty or various additional factors, find it difficult to experience this exciting sensation as pleasurable.
5. Acid
In the case of the sour taste, I can’t help but think of a type of unfiltered humor, in the purest style of Hugh Laurie – star of the “House” series -, in which one expresses one’s own feelings without excessively considering those of others.
It also perfectly reflects the states of pressure to which certain people with high levels of self-demand are subjected, who experience anxiety, stress or various emotional tensions, derived from obsessive thinking styles in a pessimistic premonitory format, also called worries.
Curiously, these emotional states are associated with digestive disorders, mainly gastritis, heartburn and other problems of a psychosomatic nature.
Emotional regulation is like making a recipe
Learning to manage our emotions, knowing how to interpret the situations and ups and downs that life throws at us is an art, an art that can be learned, in the same way that a magnificent chef combines ingredients to enrich his sauces, we can learn to favor certain interpretations of our reality, so that our taste of life is fuller. Bon appetit!
