Coping and Joy
Fred explains how coping strategies that suppress negative emotions can inadvertently hinder our ability to experience joy. By habitually dampening our reactions to adversity, we risk dulling our capacity to fully appreciate positive moments in life.In this clip
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Related Questions
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and as a result becomes guarded and distant, how much of our 'character' is malleable? Or can people truly become 'stuck in their ways' in the context of the episode Neuroscientist Shows You HOW TO STOP Stress, Anxiety and NEGATIVE Emotions In Their Tracks and the clip Brain Flexibility?
How can learning to take on, navigate, and use "negative" emotions improve performance and well-being?