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If you’re optimistic then you don’t have negative emotions or at least fewer of them. Nobody is advocating denying negative things, optimism is not letting the

• Trasmatta 1y ago
  > If you’re optimistic then you don’t have negative emotions You cannot totally rid yourself of these emotions. Jung's point is that the negative emotions are there, just hidden from view. I actually think that "negative" is inaccurate, to be honest. Jung referring to it as the Shadow works better. These emotions aren't evil demons that should be expunged at the altar of optimism. They're parts of ourselves that need to be integrated.
  • refurb 1y ago
    Agreed, but with combative therapy you can change how you respond to them. The same negative thing can happen to two people and you might get entirely different emotions as a result. The way that people “process” external events can have a large impact on the emotions that result.