But, emotion and logic CAN work very well together, and even SHOULD work together in most instances. Emotions often don't make much logical sense. That just is. Logic can help make better sense of confusing or powerful emotional states, provides respect is payed to the nature of what what emotion is, as previously stated. At least I find logic enormously helpful in grounding myself and not letting myself so caught up in whatever it is that I'm feeling that I lose sight of myself, other people, or the bigger picture. Instead of freaking out because I'm really sad, for no easily explainable reason, I can acknowledge yes, I'm sad, and then calm myself down somewhat by 'running a diagnosic'. Did I get enough sleep, is it near that time of my month, is it just an off day? Even if I can't find a reason, I can defocus further by attempting to stablize or fix things. What do I need so I don't slip down into a more depressed state? Food? Snuggles? A nap? Some alone time? A good book? Some excercise? This helps me feel more in balance. Yes, I'm not feeling so great, but I have possible clues as to why, and at the very least a plan to make things a little bit better. Thinking like this used to be very hard for me. I would become easily confused and even panic stricken by my emotions, because of how strongly they seemed to come on. In regards to other, this line of thinking has helped me because I can often help them calm down or at least help them feel more okay about the fact that they are emotional. Emotions tempered by logic make me feel more secure in myself and more forgiving of others.
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Emotions often don't make much logical sense. That just is.
Logic can help make better sense of confusing or powerful emotional states, provides respect is payed to the nature of what what emotion is, as previously stated.
At least I find logic enormously helpful in grounding myself and not letting myself so caught up in whatever it is that I'm feeling that I lose sight of myself, other people, or the bigger picture. Instead of freaking out because I'm really sad, for no easily explainable reason, I can acknowledge yes, I'm sad, and then calm myself down somewhat by 'running a diagnosic'. Did I get enough sleep, is it near that time of my month, is it just an off day? Even if I can't find a reason, I can defocus further by attempting to stablize or fix things. What do I need so I don't slip down into a more depressed state? Food? Snuggles? A nap? Some alone time? A good book? Some excercise? This helps me feel more in balance. Yes, I'm not feeling so great, but I have possible clues as to why, and at the very least a plan to make things a little bit better. Thinking like this used to be very hard for me. I would become easily confused and even panic stricken by my emotions, because of how strongly they seemed to come on.
In regards to other, this line of thinking has helped me because I can often help them calm down or at least help them feel more okay about the fact that they are emotional.
Emotions tempered by logic make me feel more secure in myself and more forgiving of others.