Containment and cessation of emotions is carried out both through the suppression and through the removal of unwanted emotions.
Removal of unwanted emotions — sounds more attractive than suppression, but is technically more difficult, and in life, containment and cessation of emotions is more often done through suppression of emotions.
The Japanese culture was originally built on containment, but the Japanese have the lowest percentage of deaths from vascular and heart disease (28%, in Europe — 30%). In Japan, it is not customary to unwind feelings and the belief in the benefits of holding back feelings works. It is not the experience of an emotion that is unacceptable, but its manifestation in an inappropriate context. Those. it is more about the emphasis on the formation of the ego function than on the suppression of the id. At the same time, in other situations, the Japanese are quite emotional. See →
Suppression of emotions
Suppression of emotions is an active influence on strong (rapidly flowing, hyped) emotions, directed against their natural flow in order to destroy them. Suppression, like war on emotions, is bad enough for health. How to prevent the suppression of emotions or reduce their harmful effects on health? See Suppressing Emotions
Removal of unwanted emotions
The main techniques for removing unwanted emotions are to interrupt with another emotion, transferring emotions, switching to another type of physical activity, creating a physical state incompatible with the emotion. See Removing Unwanted Emotions.
For example
- Control and stop crying