1. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Anger -

2. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Anger – this emotion can easily fragment, twist or bury the rational thinking process.

3. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Anger – this emotion can easily fragment, twist or bury the rational thinking process.
Example: How many times have you broken something because of unreasonable anger?

4. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Anger – this emotion can easily fragment, twist or bury the rational thinking process.
Aristotle once said, “Be angry but with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way.”

5. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Passion –

6. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Passion – Intense love for someone else, a thing or even a value can negatively affect rational thought.

7. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Passion – Intense love for someone else, a thing or even a value can negatively affect rational thought.
Examples: Drugs, lust, food cravings, extreme religious devotion.

8. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Depression -

9. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Depression – Increased or intense sadness can negatively affect rational thought.

10. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Depression – Increased or intense sadness can negatively affect rational thought.
Example: A depressed person will look at a perfectly good house, but focus in on the leaky faucet, the squeaky stairs and the weeds in the garden. Even though the house has many great features, he/she will only talk about the few things that are wrong.

11. Emotional Influences That Affect Rational Thought
Depression – Increased or intense sadness can negatively affect rational thought.
Suicidal people tend to see only two alternatives: some unreasonable solution or I kill myself.
E.g. – “Either my old girlfriend moves back, forgives everything I said, and buys me a new car – or I kill myself.”