Right. Because emotion is more like a knee-jerk reaction to danger whether it is or isn't.

How can I filter out the emotions from the feelings? By practicing the pause. I first learned of this as the editor of John’s great book, Win the Day. Essentially, an emotion has tremendous energy for about ninety seconds (see also this recent short essay of his). If we learn to pause before acting, we can engage the rest of our faculties. If we act sooner within the emotional state, that next action adds more emotional fuel to the fire, …
Are You Well-Advised to Follow Your Heart?
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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Henya Drescher
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Apr 19, 2023
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Right. Because emotion is more like a knee-jerk reaction to danger whether it is or isn't. Also emotion has an intricate relationship with human language. How the emotional life trickles its way into our use of language.
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Written by Henya Drescher
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Psychological thrillers writer, wife, mother, weightlifter, gardener. Stolen Truth on Amazon.
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