“But this means that pretending to not feel negative emotions, leads to precisely the distortion you seem to be saying you’re concerned about.”
If I may make a suggestion: I highly recommend reading Diane Duane’s “Spock’s World”. There is an extensive discussion of the difference between mastering one’s emotions and merely pretending that they don’t exist.
“But this means that pretending to not feel negative emotions, leads to precisely the distortion you seem to be saying you’re concerned about.”
If I may make a suggestion: I highly recommend reading Diane Duane’s “Spock’s World”. There is an extensive discussion of the difference between mastering one’s emotions and merely pretending that they don’t exist.