Posted by Fi on November 22, 2001, at 17:49:26
In reply to The key to happiness is having no emotion at all., posted by kid_A on November 21, 2001, at 14:56:06
Oh if only that was true!!! Life would be *so* much easier for people like me (and maybe you)? But if you shut off emotio.n you shut off happiness.
I would love social contact to be optional, too, rather than something we all need at least some of. But have reluctantly acknowledged that it is an essential. The idea of some hugs is great, but a lot harder to achieve than just ordinary sociable contact with people.
I get 6 hugs a year (visit my parents 3 times a year, so thats arriving and leaving , times two). I seem to have been a complete disaster on the close relationship front, which is a shame. But I find I can manage without that, but the more ordinary contact is essential.
So however tempting your theory may be, dont trust it! You risk getting stuck in blank misery.
fi
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