Is Your Assent to the Judgment to a Driver Cut You Off?

Stoics believe that no event can harm our soul. But some people mistakenly interpret this aspect of stoicism and consider it repugnant or even pathological, to view the loss of a loved one as an example. How do we discipline ourselves not to react to assents that have much higher stakes? It is one thing to withhold assent from a valued judgment that a driver has cut you off, did you any harm? However, withholding assent from valued judgments about a termination letter from work, the discovery that your partner has been unfaithful, bad news from the doctor may seem to be another thing entirely. These events appear to belong to a different category. Properly understood,