There are healthy emotions and unhealthy emotions
There are healthy emotions and unhealthy emotions. The philosopher chrysippus describes the difference as someone who is running down a hill and would like to stop or change direction. If they are unable to stop or change direction, they are running too fast. That is the equivalent of an unhealthy emotion. This emotion stops a person from reason.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
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Not all emotions are equal, and the ancients knew it. The Stoic Chrysippus pictured a man running down a hill: if he is moving at a speed where he can still stop and turn, his emotion is healthy; if he is going so fast he can no longer stop or change direction, the emotion has become unhealthy and has stopped his reason. Healthy feeling lets you keep your footing while you run; unhealthy feeling sweeps your legs out from under you. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
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