A question easily answered by anyone that has to live amongst them and hear them talk. Conservatives live in an entirely different and incredibly selfish reality.
There's a persistent idea that the ability to suppress one's feelings = sign of good mental health.
I guarantee that 'conservatives' have worse mental health than your average person.
They might now because they're complacent or supportive of all the bad shit going on right now. They might not under a president who is constantly pushing for civil rights that they feel diminish their standing as a WASP. I will say, as one who works with a lot of them, that they seem to be more self reliant. They believe in them and theirs above all others (including other WASPs) and they tend to be successful at putting themselves first.
You know what they say:
"Ignorance is bliss."
I hope they're miserable, I hope that every day they suffer more than the last.
Hell, if that's the case conservatives are totally orgasmic.
So. I was often told that negative emotions are from the devil or because of my sins, so naturally if I wanted to be a good Christian, I was happy. right? I am happy? Yes definitely. I am not a sinner, so I must be. (Supported by that chart in the article)
Surveying people on emotions is very weak evidence.
Once asked a patient if she was anxious because she was pacing rapidly in a circle in her room and she was like "oh no I'm just caught up in my memories" then described in vivid detail the time she was working the streets and a van pulled up and several men jumped out yanked her friend (another hooker) inside the van as she struggled and screamed, then drove off and she never saw that girl again. I asked if the "memories" were keeping her from sleeping and she was like "oh yeah I'm up at night with the memories a lot." My girl's in there having night terrors / PTSD flashbacks all night every night and "no I'm not anxious." I gave her Ativan. The indication in the doctor's order was for agitation (aka severe anxiety / panic), and I documented my objective observations (pacing) and a short version of what she said (reliving my friend getting kidnapped), but I told her it was to help her sleep (which it was, in a way).
There's also a lot of people who don't know how to be scared safely. When their startle reflex gets activated they just have no mental model for processing it other than anger. Just "oop a lil adrenaline! Who do I fight about that?" And they just go after the first person they see.
TLDR what people call various emotions can vary wildly not even just by mental health literacy but also even just by culture. It's not uncommon to see people objectively panicking but denying that they have any emotions at all.
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