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Authenticity in the Western Model of Emotions
There is a large tradition of thought in western psychology that an emotion has to come inside out, so that emotions are there. When we look at asian americans and we have them suppress emotions or or agients, we do not find the same effect. They actually, if they suppress anger, for example, they also feel less anger, mostly. And they think it a good thing to suppress their anger. But suppressing original emotions, or expressing the desired emotions, is not at all related to bernard tat. It seems to be fine to regulate or adjust your emotions to the situation.