It takes a snapshot and that's called a memory. So long-term memories are created from very highly Emotional experiences. So what happens then is that people think neurologically within the circuitry of that experience and they feel chemically within the boundaries of those emotions and So when you have an emotional reaction to someone or something most people think that they can't control their emotional reaction Well, it turns out if you allow that emotional reaction, it's called a refractory period to last for hours or days