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The mind is already stronger than feelings, because it can generate them (if we understand by it all aspects of consciousness: intelligence, emotional intelligence, cognitive functions, knowledge (engrams), as well as the emotional sphere, since it is a signal system). Everything you think about can create feelings and experiences.
For example, remembering shameful moments leads to a sense of shame. This suggests that feelings can be partially controlled.
But not emotions: they are short-lived and strong. They can both obscure the mind and make it faster/more powerful/clearer.
To control your feelings, you need to understand/be aware of them. After that, you can also learn to control yourself: it is enough to control your thinking so that it ceases to be negative and “empty“.
Thinking is not easy to control: half of the “work” is done by our internal settings in the subconscious.
Attitudes are most often generated by the person himself or herself through his or her lifestyle and the people around him or her throughout his or her life.
A small warning: this is just my opinion and it may be wrong 🙂
You need to stop playing schizophrenia, imagining that there are still some characters called “mind” and “feelings” living inside you, acting at their own discretion and not depending on you.
You know perfectly well that your actions are not carried out by any” mind “or” feelings”, but by your”I”. I want to yell at this person right now because it's my choice, not because “feelings get the better of reason.” I choose not to yell at this person not because some “mind” has won over some “feelings”, but because I decided so. That's all.
There are many people who feel that their parts live separately from them – “my feet carry me to the pub”, “my eyes close themselves when I study for an exam”, “my hands reach for the phone”, “my feelings force me to be rude”, etc. These excuses are absolute nonsense. You and only you are responsible for your actions, and no “feelings” or “reason” have their own separate will.
The relationship between the power of emotions and the power of reason cannot be changed – it is innate. So is the speed of emotional reactions. But learning to track and control emotions before they exceed the power of reason is possible.
First, determine exactly what feelings you don't want to show. But remember that feelings and emotions are two different things, it is difficult to hide anger, but it is possible to hide hatred. Emotions are impulsive and mostly reflexive. Feelings are cumulative in nature. Because feelings are easier to hide, but will you still be yourself?
Most likely, you are asking about love? You can't press any button to turn off your senses. But you can use your mind to heal this process. For example, learn the basics of optimism and find the good in seemingly bad things. For example, work on your self-esteem if the reason for the breakup was also due to a bad relationship with you. For example, learn to switch your thoughts, go to sports instead of self-flagellation, read an interesting book instead of self-pity, in a word – occupy your brain with something else.
The question is abstract, because for different manifestations of feelings, there are different means of neutralization. But one thing is clear for sure, if you completely turn off your senses, you will lose joy and pleasure in life, so when feelings prevail over reason, it's not always so bad…