Like, that feeling where you see something super cute and you grit your teeth/clench your fists/want to squeeze it really hard. I have this feeling with extreme frequency, and I can’t find any good articles that explain why it actually happens in simple terms.
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‘Yet — there is an idea as to why a person would, in fact, feel that way. It’s possible that cuteness aggression emerged as a way to keep people from being incapacitated by their positive feelings for the thing that’s cute. If you’re overwhelmed by the adorableness of a baby, it’s less likely you’ll be able to give it the attention it deserves.
“My hypothesis is that cute aggression serves as a ‘regulating’ response when people are feeling too overwhelmed by something cute,” explains Stavropoulos. “I think when people are overwhelmed by how cute something is, and their reward system is really activated, there might be this need to regulate that overwhelming feeling, and cute aggression may serve that role.” ‘
https://www.businessinsider.com/cute-aggression-makes-us-want-to-squeeze-things-2018-12?amp
i know the answer! 🙂 it’s kinda weird tho so
think of it like this:
when you’re hungry: you eat,
when you’re tired: you sleep,
when you’re itchy: you scratch
those are all ways that you satisfy what you’re feeling, but if you find something cute, there’s no way to satisfy that feeling. because after you eat you’re not hungry, after you sleep you’re not tired, and after you scratch you’re not itchy. but imagine that you see a cute puppy and get “cute aggression.” you can pet the puppy, hold the puppy, and play with the puppy, but you’ll still find it super adorable.
so basically, the reason you want to squeeze the puppy is so that you kill it and it stops being cute since your body can’t figure out a way to satisfy the feeling of cuteness. i know it’s odd!!
hope that helps 🙂
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