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RE: DECISIONS are controlled by emotions & EMOTIONS are controlled by decisions
I encourage people to be neither optimists nor pessimists ... but rather realists. We have a broad spectrum of emotions for a reason, and they're all critical to proper mental functioning.
When the ability to respond accurately (that is, with the proper emotion given the circumstances) becomes impaired, that's when the problems occur.
Contrary to New Age claims to the contrary, obsessive optimism is every bit as problematic as pathological pessimism. Read fewer self-help books ... and employ more common sense.
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Every emotion is important, I often say that in my posts. Faking emotion and not experiencing your sadness when you are sad will only bring more problems. I do not believe that obsessive optimism is possible. Our brains are just not capable of it no matter what some people say and contrast is important.
There is no debate on this. Medicine has a strong point that accurately means different things to different people so we have to be careful there and not expect a person to be sad when we think she should be or happy when we want her to be happy because we see the situation as appropriate. Instead, an individual approach is important to understand and monitor a person's reactions.
Thank you for your view on this and for adding value to the platform with your words 💚