ephen: John ram seems to be saying, you know what, emotions are part of life. They're normal. That's a kind of reappraisal strategy. And then finally, there's response inhibition, which is basically just try to suppress it directly. But let me just say, ephen, i don't know if this accounts for my not mentioning angry outbursts over the last year or so but i have learned a lot from james gross. Just knowing that there are these categories, situation selection, situation modification, attention deployment, reappraisal, response in abition, has made me more emotionally regulated.
What is the purpose of negative emotions? Why do we engage with things we know will upset us? And how does Angie deal with rejection?