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Is the quest for happiness at all costs bad for the brain?

2022-08-02T04:05:19.095Z


PSYCHOLOGY - Psychiatrists warn against denying negative emotions. There is no such thing as being happy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! “ Negative emotions are part of life, and no one escapes them,” recalls Dr. Stéphanie Hahusseau, author of “ Let your emotions live without guilt or anxiety ” (ed. Odile Jacob). The psychiatrist also remarks that "the tyranny of happiness has not always been present " and pleads in her book not to repress her negative emotions, a


There is no such thing as being happy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Negative emotions are part of life, and no one escapes

them,” recalls Dr. Stéphanie Hahusseau, author of “

Let your emotions live without guilt or anxiety

” (ed. Odile Jacob).

The psychiatrist also remarks that

"the tyranny of happiness has not always been present

" and pleads in her book not to repress her negative emotions, at the risk of feeling bad momentarily.

A counterproductive repression

It is indeed completely normal to be sad at the loss of a loved one, disappointed not to have had a promotion at work, angry to have been cheated by a loved one, etc.

Trying to relentlessly drive away these emotions with a lot of meditation, letting go and other injunctions to be benevolent, zen and/or positive in all circumstances, above all has the effect of pushing you to exhaustion.

The fact of experiencing negative emotions is an inescapable phenomenon of our existence as human beings.

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Source: lefigaro

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