Why should you have a roof over your head? If emotions are irrelevant, what’s the difference between that and being homeless?
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LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 week agoOTOH reason has kept a roof over my head when my passion would have had it doing Arduino projects or D&D campaigns instead of working.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Survival. The emotions are ultimately just crude tools the brain and body have for promoting the survival of the person.
Their crudeness is probably best illustrated with phobias.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
If emotions are irrelevant, why survive? Why not lie down and die? You say it’s not your fear of death or your love of life. Is it some form of worship of the purpose evolution has given you? That sounds emotional to drag.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I didn’t say they were irrelevant, I said they’re tools of survival. They’re obviously useful. People without any emotions at all just sit there with what looks like a catatonic state.
But being a slave to your emotions is nothing to aspire to. Far better to pick the emotional states you want to have. For me it’s enjoying deep focus on a task, having a lively conversation, sharing a great meal, laughing at a great joke, or cheering on a great play in sports.
Being a slave to your emotions is like being a ship tossed about on stormy seas. Emotional regulation is a skill that must be learned like any other. We’re supposed to teach it to young children, though increasingly I find myself meeting adults who don’t even have the basics down. People screaming at each other like angry birds!
The tougher one of course is learning how to overcome depression. That may need different strategies for different people. Mindfulness works for me but maybe not for everyone.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
You were probably more passionate about keeping a roof over your head.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, the word “dispassionate” perfectly describes when I’m forced to work on necessities instead of things I love.