Do some inner work (emotional/meditative) to learn to process emotions and feel them without suffering. I highly recommend Joe Hudson’s stuff. Huge missing piece of the rationalist project, we make emotional decisions and can’t just “notice and be unmoved” by what we’re feeling, you need to get back to a secure equilibrium where there’s no big emotional experience you’re avoiding.
Don’t fall entirely into the rationalist frame, it has some great stuff and also a lot of subtle bias that can drive you half insane. Speaking from experience lol.
Do some inner work (emotional/meditative) to learn to process emotions and feel them without suffering. I highly recommend Joe Hudson’s stuff. Huge missing piece of the rationalist project, we make emotional decisions and can’t just “notice and be unmoved” by what we’re feeling, you need to get back to a secure equilibrium where there’s no big emotional experience you’re avoiding.
Don’t fall entirely into the rationalist frame, it has some great stuff and also a lot of subtle bias that can drive you half insane. Speaking from experience lol.