RE: Let's talk about the 'tyranny of happiness'
January 27, 2017 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2017 at 3:27 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I hate the term 'negative emotions'. Sadness, fear, anger, embarassment, guilt, regret, disappointment... these are all normal emotions.
It's not healthy to be emotionally unhealthy, obviously. To have chronic depression or anxiety... isn't healthy.
But even when it comes to temporary situational depression over bad life events... even that is normal and not 'negative'.
Aside from actually genuine emotional unwellness.... all emotions are normal and exist for a reason. There's no such thing as a 'negative' emotion. There's functional and dyfunctional emotionality and that tends to come down to chronicness, intensity and volatility more than the emotions themselves. Emotions are normal.
It's not healthy to be emotionally unhealthy, obviously. To have chronic depression or anxiety... isn't healthy.
But even when it comes to temporary situational depression over bad life events... even that is normal and not 'negative'.
Aside from actually genuine emotional unwellness.... all emotions are normal and exist for a reason. There's no such thing as a 'negative' emotion. There's functional and dyfunctional emotionality and that tends to come down to chronicness, intensity and volatility more than the emotions themselves. Emotions are normal.
