Every negative emotion I have, I'm told to go to therapy.

Negative emotions are human!

Why have we, as a society, grown to fear them?

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[–] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Negative emotions are human!

Sounds like something a therapist would say. Actually, the usual line is something like "if there's a bear, negative emotions are very helpful". (It's always a bear; never a mugger or a giant rolling boulder. I don't make the rules)

It's hard to say over the internet, but either you're in a crowd where they overuse that line, or your emotions have grown to become unhelpful in your life.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Emotions don't have to be helpful? They just are

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Healthy emotional response means you react to your environment in an appropriate way given the environment. Unhealthy emotional response means you pass out when you hear a helicopter or you can't have healthy relationships or hold down jobs or feel good or feel anything. Emotions just are until they're an impediment to living.

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