If we stopped feeling, would we live forever?

Question

As you grow older, receptor cites on every cell in your body become more susceptible to certain types of chemical emotions, than to the intake of necessary proteines and enzymes. For example, you might become addicted to the feeling of anger, and lose the ability to take in elastine, a protein that keeps the skin elastic. this is why as you grow older, you skin becomes more 'prune' like. So...if we stopped feeling emotion, would we live forever?

Answer 1

no...we might look a bit younger, but the aging process would still happen. our organs would age, and we would be just as likely to get injured or sick.

Answer 2

No if we stop feeling emotion then we would stop feeling Regret. Guilt. Empathy. And greatest of these, Love. Is not the joy of love worth the pain? You need to watch the movie "Equilibrium"... That's what a world would look like without emotion... Terrible. Cold.

Answer 3

i'm sorry to say this!!

ur question does not make any sense to me!!!

what is a chemical emotion????

and aging is not only due to blockage of intake of a certain substance...

there are few theories for aging

Genetic Clock

Accumulation of oxidants

Accumulation of heavy metals

accumulation of free radicals

and few more......

emotions are totally different....,. they are the feelings of brain's Higher centre activity!!!

Answer 4

No, the cell ageing would still continue. However, there would be no outward appearance of getting older.

Answer 5

See the movie Equilibrium... then we'll talk.

Emotion IS living.

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”

~ Jim Morrison

"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."

~ C.S. Lewis

Answer 6

No, even the Vulcans eventually die.

Inelastic skin isn't what kills us.  Eventually, some vital component of our system will fail and it won't be able to be repaired or replaced.  Thus, our demise.

If you stop feeling, you'll begin to "feel" like you're living forever because you'll be so miserable.  Immortality won't be what it's cracked up to be and suicide starts looking good.

So keep on feeling.  That's what life's about.

Answer 7

Hmm...

That's an interesting thought, but I'm going to have to say no.  Perhaps it would be easier to keep holding on, fighting for life if we couldn't feel, though.

Star for you!

Answer 8

Interesting question.. but sadly.. no. if someone managed to take out all the fibres in the body that allows one to feel, and the brain cell to feel emotion. we would still be vulnerable to sickness and physical damage.

if we stopped feeling emotion, we MIGHT live a LITTLE longer, but it would be a very VERY boring life.

whats life without happyness and emotions eh? :)