Getting Back in Society Can Actually Be a Big Help

If you are going through a tremendous period of suffering or sorrow or adversity, getting back in society can actually be a big help. Adam smith calls it flattening. Soe here's a section. Do not mourn in the darkness of solitude. Return as soon as possible to the daylight of the world and of society. Live with strangers, with those who know nothing or care nothing about your misfortune. Do not even shun the company's company of enemies. But give yourself the pleasure of mortifying their malignant joy by making them feel how little you are affected by your calamity and how much you are above it. He else says this, the mind therefore is rarely so disturbed, but