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Re:The rise and decline of thinking over feeling by watwut on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:23AM (#29614604)
> Repressed emotions meant people at least tried to repress their worst,

It means that people act irritated and have angry outburst at moments unrelated to original source of issue. It means acting cold toward closed ones and children in particular. It means that blame gets placed pretty much randomly, at whoever is around and weak. It also means more of rationalizing of bad behavior and less empathy towards others.

Repressed emotion dont mean better behavior.

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Re:The rise and decline of thinking over feeling by nathias on Sunday December 19, 2021 @11:44AM (#29615438)
That was the negative side of it yes, but the positive side was very strong, now we see the negatives of doubling down on emotions instead of reflecting and controling them properly and it's much worse.
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Re:The rise and decline of thinking over feeling by HPsquared on Sunday December 19, 2021 @11:09AM (#29614975)
People shouldn't excessively bottle things up, but at the same time I believe personal boundaries are essential to a functioning society.
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