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I don't think the person you're responding to is suggesting a deep meditation on the unlimited ramifications of one's feelings at every moment. They are talking about avoidance coping, which is pretty well-documented (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_coping). The admonition is to avoid that, more often than not. It's not the same as excessive navel gazing.