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RE: Mental Health: An Attraction to Ennui and Sadness

There's nothing wrong in experiencing those "negative" emotions like sadness, anger, jealousy etc. The important thing is to know what you're feeling and get through it. There are all too often outbursts of above mentioned emotions, because people tend to bubble it up and then one little happens and the bubble bursts. That is the problem. I think people should be more expressive and share the emotions in a constructive way. For example "I am angry that a certain action lead to me not reaching a certain goal". Recognize the emotion, address it, learn from it and hopefully move on.

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Good point about people bottling up their feelings... that is definitely not a healthy pattern, and those unpredictable "explosions" have a way of coming along at very unfortunate moments!

It all reminds me of something I learned in psychology a very long time ago, about the dangers of unexperienced emotions as a trigger for depression. Better to get it out, as you suggest... and learn from the experience.

Indeed, and I think it should start at home to learn how to deal with those emotions. Then again there are still adults who also don't know how to express themselves. For them I would advice group counseling and when they've mastered it, hopefully to teach it on.