Why do some people give us a bad feeling?

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Have you ever wondered why some people give you a bad feeling? It has a lot to do with the most emotional part of the nervous system. In this article, we tell you.

Have you ever wondered why some people give us a bad feeling? Has a person ever caused you rejection without knowing them? Why does this happen to us human beings? What happens to us at the brain level so that we can experience that feeling of rejection? Well, we will resolve these and other questions as we progress in the article.

There are many expressions in which the word “thorn” is used and whose meaning refers to pain, discomfort or suffering. As a curious fact, it is thought that the expression “give a bad feeling” has its origin in the suffering of the crown of thorns that Jesus Christ held on his forehead and his head in Christian iconography.

Next, we are going to delve into the fact that there are people who give us a bad feeling and We will try to define this expression that we have probably heard or even used on more than one occasion throughout our lives.

“The more I know the world, the more I dislike it, and time confirms my belief in the inconsistency of human character, and in how little one can trust the appearances of goodness or intelligence.”

-Jane Austen-

What do we want to express when we say that someone gives us a bad feeling?

Before talking about why there are people who give us a bad feeling, let’s explain what this expression means for those of you who don’t know it. Giving a bad feeling is used when a situation makes us feel or sense that something bad is going to happen and even makes us be in a position of alert. When we notice the tragedy in the face of a fact or event that is coming or that is happening at that very moment.

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It may also happen that A person causes us certain suspicion or rejection when we suspect that he or she is a “bad person,” even if we do not know how to identify the facts that motivated this thought.; or perhaps because of the interpretation we make about something he has said or done at a certain moment and now we have a feeling of distrust towards that person.

“Strength is trusting by nature. There is no more obvious sign of weakness than instinctively distrusting everything and everyone.”

-Arturo Graf-

People who give us a bad feeling: what happens in the brain?

At the brain level, It is the amygdala that is in charge of this process. Any type of activity considered threatening is recorded in the amygdala; it is what triggers the alert or alarm signal in human beings.

In other words, The amygdala is responsible for evaluating the importance and classifying as positive or negative the previous situations with which it is similar due to past, same or similar situations.. It acts as a survival mechanism that alerts us to circumstances that our brain has classified as dangerous or threatening.

Lazarus (1991), in his theory of appraisal describe this assessment process as the set of decisions that are made according to the perceptionat a specific moment, of the effects that the information received may have on personal well-being.

The amygdala is the first to react to an emotional event, triggering a series of reactions
snapshots within the emotional center. Waves of nerve impulses travel through the brain stem producing an immediate response throughout the body.

In this sense, for Bisquerra (2000) ““Emotions are reactions to the information we receive in our relationships with the environment (…) that drive towards a defined form of behavior in the situations that have provoked the emotions.”.

It should be noted that the intensity of the reactions varies depending on subjective evaluations that people make about the way in which the information received affects our well-being. That is, an emotion depends on what is important to us, and prior knowledge, beliefs, personal objectives, perception of the environment, etc. intervene in this process.