Yesterday I was waiting in line to get into the National Stadium to the One Direction concert. The feast of emotions was endless. From pure negativity, to boredom, physical pain, stress, desperation, hysteria, happiness, ecstasy. Name an emotion, it could be any emotion, I can assure you it was there.
Some were singing, some were fighting, others crying, and screaming or chilling out. When people jumped the queue some went insane, I was even afraid someone would start crying or go and hit those individuals. And not to mention how it was inside the stadium.
That got me very curious. To be in such an emotional enviroment about the intensity of Chileans' feelings and how it would be in other countries.
I searched for that, and I found an interesting investigation which was done a few years ago about the subject.
"In a survey of more than 150 nations, Gallup conducted telephone and in-person interviews with about 1,000 people ages 15 and older in each country every year between 2009 and 2011. Residents were asked whether they experienced 10 different emotions a lot the previous day, including five negative emotions (anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and worry) and five positive emotions (feeling well-rested, smiling and laughing a lot, being treated with respect, enjoyment, and learning or doing something interesting). The average of people who said yes to such questions was taken into consideration."
Above there is a color-coded map of the emotionality in the world. As it appears, Chile is one of the most emotional countries (I wasn't surprised in the slightest by this) and in general Spanish and English speaking countries are very emotional and happy as pointed out in the survey.
Tell me your thoughts on this. Do you agree? How do you feel about the subject in the countries you have been to? Why do you think some show less emotions than others?
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