An article in a psychology journal recently made a case
for the importance of human emotion. Though the
discipline of psychology is certainly grounded in such
an understanding, the author's argument was fairly
pointed: Emotions exist to warn us that there are
specific underlying beliefs or behaviors that are
endangering us. Thus, deeming emotions like fear,
doubt, or despair as negative or unwanted, we distract
ourselves from heeding their warning. We use work,
drugs, food, consumerism, and even positive thinking
to banish these emotions to unutterable depths. Doing
so, the author contends, is like calling our smoke alarms
"negative" and proceeding to attack them with baseball
bats.
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