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#340 - Mark Manson - 11 Uncomfortable Truths About Life

Modern Wisdom

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How Much Should We Notice Our Negative Emotions if They're Good Teachers?

To deny negative emotions is to ignore useful feedback from the world. So i want you to ask, how much we should notice our negative emotions if they're good teachers? Because buddhism would instruct us to not identify with them. And some of the good elements of stoicism, which only yo have criticisms of, would also suggest detachment. Don't fixate or suppress. You know, am, how can you avoid denying negative emotions to acquire the lessons from them, but then also not identifying with them too much? That seems like a little bit of an oxymoron.

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