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"People who see stressful events as “challenges”, with an opportunity to learn and adapt, tend to cope much better than those who focus more on the threatening aspects – like the possibility of failure, embarrassment or illness. These differences in mindset not only influence people’s mood, but also their physiological responses, such as changes in blood pressure and heart rate, and how quickly they recover after the event." - Quote

This is super interesting and points to the idea that emotions are much more of a "what you let yourself feel" versus "what you feel". Was literally just listening to the below podcast from farnam street on a jog a few hours ago... if this was interesting, maybe the below is interesting to you as well:

https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/lisa-feldman-barrett : Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget — Neuroscientist, psychologist and author, Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses the complexities of the brain, our emotions, improving ourselves and our relationship with others, making good decisions and giving yourself an existential break.