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?

  • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Therapy isn’t for negative emotions. It’s for poor reactions to negative emotions.

    If you’re told to go to therapy for “every negative emotion you have” it sounds like there’s more going on here than you just having them.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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      4 days ago

      Great response.

      I have a family member who gets angry very often. Things make him mad, I get it. The emotion isn’t bad. However, he then starts yelling at everyone around and becomes hard to be near him. Anger isn’t why he needs therapy. Yelling at those he supposedly loves instead of communicating why he’s upset is why.