Every negative emotion I have, I’m told to go to therapy.

Negative emotions are human!

Why have we, as a society, grown to fear them?

  • soul@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago
    1. Therapy is a healthy way to deal with all emotions, not just negative ones; there are plenty of positive emotions that can be unhealthy.
    2. It’s not always, or even typically, fear that is moving people in the direction of therapy.
    3. Therapy is human as well.

    You’re stigmatizing something that’s perfectly fine for people to seek out and suggest.

    • ki4jgt@feddit.orgOP
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      4 days ago

      I see nothing wrong with therapy.

      My problem is this generation’s incessant belief that negative emotions are bad.

      Case and point: Watch the new live action Avatar series. Season I. I haven’t seen season II yet.

      The only people with negative emotions are the bad guys. Everyone else is smiling constantly.

      They’re stigmatizing something that’s perfectly fine to feel – as long as you’re actually feeling it.

      • iegod@lemmy.zip
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        3 days ago

        So a single show made by presumably artists, writers, producers, voice actors, etc of all ages is your barometer for ‘this generation’? Do you really think this show is representative of the real world?

        Sidebar: the expression is ‘case in point’.

        • ki4jgt@feddit.orgOP
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          3 days ago

          I could go on.

          The newer Looney Toons received high adult content ratings for adult outbursts and themes.