So there's a difference between being able to handle emotions, and not feeling them at all. The point of a lot of these exercises isn't to desensitize you to th

So there's a difference between being able to handle emotions, and not feeling them at all. The point of a lot of these exercises isn't to desensitize you to these feelings, but to teach you how to recognize, process and deal with them. A lot of the maladaptations we have come from avoiding negative feelings, and sacrificing our long-term well-being to prevent ourselves from encountering them. I'm sure there's training out there to completely burn out your amygdala and turn you into a psychopath, but I wouldn't assume that's what this is.